These are Kita Nakashikiri-mon and Minami Nakashikiri-mon Gates, which split Ninomaru into east and west sections, Naruko-mon and Momoyama-mon Gates, which are the entrances to the passageway between Ninomaru and Honmaru, and Yagura-mon Gate, which is the entrance across the inner moat to Honmaru from that passageway.
二の丸を東西に分ける北中仕切門と南中仕切門、二の丸と本丸を結ぶ通路への入り口となる鳴子門と桃山門、その通路から内堀を渡った本丸への入り口となる櫓門である。