Ruins of another Edo Period artillery battery found in Osaka

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The dual cannons and fortified site built by the Edo Shogunate (1603-1867) to defend Kyoto at the end of Japan’s feudal era are no longer a historical unknown after city officials announced an excavation verifying the Kajiwara Battery’s existence.