Were japanese castles useful at all? I've read most of them

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2017-08-20 03:47:00 Post No. 3267890
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Anonymous 2017-08-20 03:47:00 Post No. 3267890 [Report]

Were japanese castles useful at all? I've read most of them were never directly attacked, and were mostly a symbol of power.

Anonymous 2017-08-20 03:58:01 Post No.3267922
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Anonymous 2017-08-20 03:58:01 Post No.3267922 [Report]

>>3267890
But that's not true at all.
Sieges were't exactly the same but it was similar enough with soldiers scaling walls etc.
I think at least one of them was burned down and the emperor's palace was set on fire more than once.

Anonymous 2017-08-20 04:26:27 Post No.3267977
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Anonymous 2017-08-20 04:26:27 Post No.3267977 [Report]

>>3267890
The main tactic in sieges in the late medieval period was to surround the castle and starve the defenders out.

That alone shows they were effective in their purpose.

> I've read most of them were never directly attacked

Most surviving castles were built in the Edo period. When the Edo period began no one expected it would be 250 years of unprecedented peace, so they continued to build fortifications of the latest type for some decades after the fighting ended.