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Japanese castle architecture, Sumi Yagura

Sun, January 11, 2015, by Muza-chan

The main building of a Japanese castle is the keep, tenshu in Japanese, usually erected inside a complex structure made of walls, moats and turrets (yagura). These turrets were built in a variety of architectural styles, and I recently presented the watari yagura style and the yagura-mon.

Today, I would like to show you another beautiful turret, a sumi yagura ("corner turret"). A great example of this style, is the Kumamoto Castle Uto Yagura, an impressive, 5 stories tall structure that survived until today in its original form.

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Uto Yagura, Kumamoto Castle, Kumamoto
Uto Yagura, Kumamoto Castle, Kumamoto
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Nikon Df
Lens: 24-70mm F/2.8G
Focal Length: 24mm
Aperture: F/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/4000s
ISO Sensitivity: ISO 200
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