Japan Castles Fortifications Building Types
Japan Castles Fortifications Building Types
This category make a thorough study of site concerning the castle in Japan.
Top: Arts: Architecture: Building Types: Fortifications: Castles: Japan
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The Castles of Japan - ThinkQuest provides an illustrated guide to surviving castles, together with the historic context and design features. Includes a bibliography and simulations of castle-storming.
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Goryokaku - Constructed reason,record of war,size of building.
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Virtual Tour Himeji Castle - History, map, tour and gallery of photographs of this magnificent timber castle on a stone base, built in 1601 by Terumasa Ikeda - a World Heritage site. By Hakurotowa No Kai.
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Castles of Japan - Dale Kenny lists over 300 castles, and provides a photograph for many of those which survive.
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Wikipedia: Osaka Castle - An illustrated history and description of this important castle, built from 1583 by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
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Oshiro Meguri Fan - Gallery in Japan castle and city's setting.
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Shiro: A Japanese Castle - Stephen Wyley discusses the development and aspects of Japanese castles. Drawings by Steven Lowe.
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Inuyama Castle - History, scale, video clip and successive owner.
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Nijo Castle - Kyoto castle built by the first Tokugawa shogun.
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Wikipedia: Edo Castle - An illustrated history and description of this castle built in 1457 by Ōta Dōkan in what is now the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo.
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Wikipedia: Azuchi Castle - An illustrated history and description of this fortress built 1576-1579 by Oda Nobunaga on the shores of Lake Biwa.
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Japanese Castles - List of castle ruins and history.
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Japanese Castle - History, movie, and links.
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Shurijo Castle - History, draw up a city plan, video and people of castle.
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Gifu Castle - Size of a building, former inhabitant, photo,access information.
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Japanese castles - Structures, castle town, history, guard tower and wall and moat.
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Guide to Japanese Castles - Eric Obershaw provides a general history and description of castles in Japan, and photographs of castles he has visited, with histories taken from the official brochures and display text.
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Matsumoto Castle - History, design and photograph of castle tower and decoration.
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