Keywords
Architecture
Tea Houses
Also yanagikakekugi 柳掛け釘. A nail hammered into a partially plastered post yanagibashira 柳柱 (see *yōji-bashira 楊子柱), usually found in a 4 1/2 mat *yojōhan 四畳半 tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室. The nail is hammered into the upper part of the post (the unplastered part) and a hanging flower vase is suspended from it. According to Sen Sōtan 千宗旦 (1578-1658), the nail gets its name from springs of willow draped from the nail at New Years. Examples can be seen at Yūin 又隠 at Urasenke 裏千家 and Onigawara-no-seki 鬼瓦席 at Kōdaiji 高台寺 both in Kyoto.