Mobile wooden tower

Japanese: 移動木塔 - いどうもくとう
Mobile wooden tower

...refers to attacking a castle or siege techniques.
[Japan]
This article focuses on the period from the Warring States period to the early modern period, when castles came to play a more important role as bases for controlling territories and expanded in size. It consists of three stages: besiege, approach, storm, and occupation. The first stage aims to isolate the castle politically and militarily, and to cut off communication between the castle and outside supporting forces. The side besieging the castle would bring in military supplies such as military provisions from the land surrounding the castle to prepare for a long-term battle, and prevent those supplies from being used by the attacking side.

*Some of the terminology used to refer to the "mobile wooden tower" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…城を攻めること,攻城術をいう。
[日本]
 所領支配の拠点としての城の性格が強まり,その規模も拡大した戦国期から近世初頭までを中心に述べる。包囲,接近,突入と占領の三つの段階からなる。第1の段階は,城を政治的・軍事的に孤立させ,城内と外部の支援勢力との連絡を絶つことに目的がある。籠城する側は,城の周辺の土地から兵糧など必要な物資を城に取り込み長期戦に備えるとともに,攻め方にそれらの物資を利用されることを防ぐ。…

※「移動木塔」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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