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Vocab
史跡 (しせき)historic landmark
小田原 (おだわら)Odawara
城跡 (しろあと)castle site
二の丸(にのまる)outer citadel
堀 (ほり)moat
将軍 (しょうぐん)shogun
家光 (いえみつ)(Tokugawa) Iemitsu
乳母 (うぼ)wet nurse
春日局 (かすがのつぼね)Lady Kasuga
稲葉正勝 (いなば・まさかつ)Inaba Masakatsu
寛永 (かんえい)Kan’ei era
城主 (じょうしゅ)lord of a castle
大規模 (だいきぼ)large scale
工事 (こうじ)construction work
石垣 (いしがき)stone wall
備える (そなえる) to prepare for
近世 (きんせい)early modern period(from the end of Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)
城郭 (じょうかく)castle, citadel, fortress
整備 (せいび)maintenance
本丸 (ほんまる)inner citadel
幅 (はば)width, breadth
常磐 (ときわ)Tokiwa
木橋 (もっきょう)wooden bridge
曲輪 (くるわ)(refers to things both inside and outside of the castle grounds (incl. the walls, moat, (etc.)
関東大震災 (かんとうだいしんさい)Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923
復旧 (ふっきゅう)restoration
なお furthermore
埋め立てる (うめたてる)to fill up, reclaim
保勝 (ほしょう)preservation of a place of scenic beauty
残す (のこす)to leave undone, not finish
文久 (ぶんきゅう)Bunkyu era (2.19.1861-2.20.1864)
絵葉書 (えはがき)picture postcard
御用邸 (ごようてい)imperial villa
三の丸 (さんまる)outermost region of the castle
大手筋 (おおですじ)large-scale operators
正規 (せいき)regular, normal
登城 (とじょう)attendance at a castle
寛文 (かんぶん)Kanbun era (4.25.1661-9/21/1673)
枡形 (ますがた)rectangular space between the inner and outer gates of a castle (where troops can gather)
改修 (かいしゅう)repair, improvement
存続 (そんぞく)continuance
土塀 (とべい)earthen wall
控柱 (ひかえばしら)secondary pillars
備える (そなえる)to furnish/equip with, install
高麗門 (こうらいもん)Koraimon, a style of gate architecture that consists of a tiled gabled roof with two pillars and two smaller roofs over the 控柱
冠木門 (かぶきもん)Kabukimon, a gate in a wall formed by two square posts and a horizontal beam
から成る (からなる)to consist of, be composed of
主部 (しゅぶ)main/principal part
表門 (おもてもん)front gate
入母屋造 (いりもやづくり)Irimoya, a building with a hipped, gabled roof
瓦葺 (かわらぶき)tile roofing
櫓門 (やぐらもん)Yaguramon, a gate with a tower/turret on top
渡櫓 (わたるやぐら)a turret built on top of a stone wall
銅 (どう)copper
鋲 (びょう)rivet
勢溜 (せいがまり)a place where troops can gather and prepare
突出部 (とっしゅつぶ)extrusion, overhang
設ける (もうける)to prepare, provide
住吉橋 (すみよしばし)Sumiyoshi Bridge
据える (すえる)to place (in position), to lay (foundation)
https://tetsugakunomichi.jp/about.html (defines 保勝 as 景勝地の保全)
鳳凰 龍 細密石彫刻製作 石基壇 聖徳太子殿 念佛宗仏教美術 The Prince Shotoku Hall The Buddhist Art of Nenbutsushu Stone carving
聖徳太子殿 The Prince Shotoku Hall
念仏宗無量寿寺(念佛宗) 総本山 佛教之王堂〜三国伝来の佛教美術 日本では類例を見ない四手先総詰組様式、および三手先腰組付縁の八角堂 It is a grand octagonal shrine with four-stepped intermediate bracket complexes under the eaves and three-stepped bracket complexes under the veranda, which is peerless in Japan.