>builds castle out of wood and paper in your path>burns to death
>>18506524They were painted in flame resistant materials, and they had to be made out of wood so that they could flex and survive the near constant earthquakes Japan experiences every year. For most of Japanese history artillery was also nearly non-existent.
>>18506524Wasn't the main defensive value of japanese castles achieved through the extensive earthworks and the multiple, staggered defensible leves?
>>18506538shhhhhhhhhhhhh, dont ruin his tard thread its not nice.
>>18506538Yes, but european cannons made it all pointless. Osaka castle got blasted right in the keep.
>>18506576They weren't designed with canons in mind, and that applies to all castles really. Turks clowned on white bois a ton with canons.
>>18506537>wood so that they could flexdiddy ahh bluds
