However, many of the Daimyo's residential castles of the Edo period inherited the medieval style, which combined the residence at the foot of the mountain and the mountain castle behind the residence to barricade themselves in case they had a battle, including Iwakuni Castle, Hagi Castle and Kagoshima Castle.
もっとも江戸時代の大名の居城においても、山麓の居館と戦闘時に立て篭もる背後の山城の組み合わせという中世的様式を受け継いだ城も多く、岩国城、萩城、鹿児島城がこれにあたる。