Japanese castle

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What Wikipedia says

Japanese castles (城, kun'yomi: shiro; on'yomi: jō) are fortresses constructed primarily of wood and stone. They evolved from the wooden stockades of earlier centuries and came into their best-known form in the 16th century.

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