Serious question: During the Japanese Waring States Period, castle and monastery sieges happened every few years. From what I understand, Japanese castles were made of bamboo. So instead of besieging castles, why didn’t attackers simply burn the castles down with all their enemies inside them?

by Larry_Phischman
postal-history

Japanese castles were made of wood. (I don't think bamboo would have been sturdy enough for a large building?) Please see this previous answer by /u/LTercero.