Japanese Castles were somewhat fancy on the outside but served their purposes. These purposes were protection and temporary living quarters for the knights and other military men of the castles. Although the exterior may have looked more artistic than anything else, almost everything had a purpose. For example, the railings that stuck out over the walls had holes in the floor so anyone trying to scale the walls would be pounded with dropped rocks or poured upon with hot oil from above. Another example is the detailed exterior was made of a layer of plaster, laid over the wooden structure, which lowered the risks of the Castle being simply torched down. There were two parts to these castles: the wall and the donjon. The wall was very short, ranging from ten to fifteen feet, and had small "windows" that could be used to shoot arrows and to observe what is going on, on the exterior of the wall. The Donjon was the main structure within the walls which housed the military peoples. The......
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