shukujiro　宿城

KEY WORD :　architecture / 1　general terms, 2　castles

1　Edo period towns used as a stopping place by the Tokugawa 徳川 shoguns when they traveled outside the city of Edo. Because a shogun's entourage was large, it is reported that shukujiro often were entirely occupied by guards and other staff, forcing the inhabitants of the town to move out. 2　A term used by Edo period students of warfare to designate a flatland castle *hirajiro 平城, or castle on a hill or plateau *hirayamajiro 平山城, which was surrounded by a castle town *joukamachi 城下町.

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