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Next 100 Castles + (Following on the success of the original [[Top 100 Castles | Top 100 most famous castles]] … Following on the success of the original [[Top 100 Castles | Top 100 most famous castles]], published in 2006 by the Japan Castle Foundation, the same organization has released a list of the Next 100 Most Famous Castles. I'm a little disappointed that they kept the same criteria insisting that every prefecture be represented and no more than 4 for any one prefecture. Some very good castles have surely been looked over while some unworthy and mostly unknown castles have been included.The castles documented on this site are linked below. documented on this site are linked below.)
File:Yoshidakoriyama1.jpg + (Foot of the mountain near the entrance)
File:Kirarazaka22.jpg + (For in the road from the previous map, go right for Ichijoji-jo)
File:Kanegasaki sakamoto13.jpg + (Formal Entrance)
File:Kakunodate ishiguro10.jpg + (Formal entrance)
File:Onozaki residence4.jpeg + (Formal entrance)
File:Tatebayashi tayama katai4.jpg + (Formal entrance)
File:Kubota38.jpg + (Formal entranceway to the house)
File:Kubota46.jpg + (Formal entranceway to the house)
File:Kakunodate aoyagi32.jpg + (Formal room)
File:Kakunodate aoyagi14.jpg + (Formal room (zashiki))
File:Kakunodate aoyagi15.jpg + (Formal room and garden)
File:Annaka21.jpg + (Formal zashiki room)
File:Kasugayama1.jpg + (Former Guard House site. You can see a rise on the right of the picture. From here there was a gate across the road. This is one of the first sites if you begin from the Ote-do Road.)
File:Nanbata27.jpg + (Former Osawa's house)
File:Nanbata20.jpg + (Former Osawa's house. This house of a village master was relocated here.)
File:Oohara2.jpg + (Former Water Moat and Earthen Rampart Eastern Side)
File:Fushimi1.jpg + (Former boat docks)
File:Nanbata25.jpg + (Former gate of the Suzuki home. It is a nagayamon style gate.)
File:Himejikarametenew22.jpg + (Former gun powder storage)
File:Hasedo30.jpg + (Former site of a water moat)
File:Oohara1.jpg + (Former water moats)
File:Takasaki8.jpg + (Former waterway between the Honmaru and Ninomaru)
Fortified Manor + (Fortified Manors (居館, kyokan) are the fort … Fortified Manors (居館, kyokan) are the fortified residences of powerful local leaders and samurai. They are typically simple rectangular fortifications with a moat and earthen embankment, or sometimes stone walls. In Japanese they are often called Yashiki or Yakata. Many of these Fortified Manors are from the Heian and Kamakura Periods, before castles enlarged and developed to include quarters for samurai and other powerful local lords. In the Sengoku Period you often see the pair of a fortified manor at the foot of the mountain for everyday use and a mountaintop castle for use in times of unrest. [[Kazurayama Castle]] is one such good example and so is the [[Sanada Palace]] / [[Sanadahonjo Castle]] pair.Some might ask if such Fortified Manors are really castles. The definition of "castle" in Japanese is actually vague. It is simply a fortification to help protect from one's enemies. This includes everything from the earliest fortified villages ([[Yoshinogari]]) to primarily political centers ([[Taga Castle]]) to smoke signal towers (noroshidai) or even fortified towns like Kamakura which itself was called Kamakura Castle at one point. The military purpose and defensive fortifications are what separates these from ordinary homes. This distinction is also separates them from [[Samurai Homes]] of the Edo Period, which were strictly controlled by local lords and did not have castle-like defenses such as embankments or trenches.There is a frequently used Japanese castle term 城館 (jokan), which includes the characters for both castle (城) and fortified manors (館) that clearly covers both. There are also a few yakata in the [[Top 100 Castles]] and [[Next 100 Castles]].astles]].)
File:Kinojo23.jpg + (Foundation of a building found in the middle of the castle)

File:Akita5.jpg + (Foundation of one o the buildings in the administrative compound)

File:Hiroshima17.jpg + (Foundation of the East Connected Keep)
File:Matsue14.jpg + (Foundation of the Inui Yagura, next to the North Gate (Kitanomon).)
File:Wakamatsu14.jpg + (Foundation of the former Tsukimi Yagura)
File:Kanegasaki katahira ohnuma14.jpg + (Foundation of the home)
File:Seiryuin7.jpg + (Foundation of the palace prepared for Katsuyori. Later it was used as a temple but it was abandoned in the Meiji Period.)
File:Hayashioh20.jpg + (Foundation stones at the entrance to the main bailey)
File:Kubota72.jpg + (Foundation stones of the Omotemon Gate. They were moved here for display.)
File:Naegi31.jpg + (Foundation stones of the lord's palace)
File:Obatajinya1.jpg + (Foundation stones of the main gate.)
File:Naegi22.jpg + (Foundation stones you see were for the armory.)
File:Inukai12.jpg + (Fourth Bailey)
File:Yato4.jpg + (Fourth Bailey)
File:Osakaibaraki9.jpg + (Fourth Bailey)
File:Oba17.jpg + (Fourth Bailey)
File:Oba18.jpg + (Fourth Bailey)
File:Kanaoyogaisan14.jpg + (Fourth Bailey)
File:Oba16.jpg + (Fourth Bailey and trench)
File:Osakaibaraki14.jpg + (Fourth Bailey and trenches)
File:Saimatsu18.jpg + (Fourth Kuruwa)
File:Saimatsu17.jpg + (Fourth Kuruwa)
File:Karasawayama34.jpg + (Fourth Trench)
File:Karasawayama2.jpg + (Fourth Trench and bridge. The stone bridge was originally an easily withdrawn wooden bridge.)
File:Osakaibaraki16.jpg + (Fourth and Third Baileys)
File:Washio29.jpg + (Fourth bailey)
File:Takatome15.jpg + (Fourth bailey)