Manasara Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Manasara-Shilpashastra; III. Manasara on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Manasara: Translation; V. Architecture of Manasara: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v6.c41.s24.13

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side of this block form a suite in which the floors are raised slightly one above the other, the further and highest room furnished with a raised dâis indicating the position of the imperial throne. Access to all the rooms in a subdivided block is obtained by the external verandah which constitutes the principal feature in all Japanese houses.' The palaces of the *shoguns*, or military regents, 'follow much on the same lines as those of the Mikado. The fortified enclosures round them are, however, increased in number, those of the castle at Kunamoto, now destroyed, which was built by Kato Kyomasa towards the end of the sixteenth century, resembling somewhat the castles of the middle ages with two or three outer courts and a keep within the inner enclosure.'¹