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maruzuka 丸束

Keywords

Architecture

General Terms

Cylindrical struts. One example is a bottle strut *taiheizuka 大瓶束, used especially in the Zen style *zenshūyō 禅宗様.

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JAANUS is the on-line Dictionary of Japanese Architectural and Art Historical Terminology compiled by Dr. Mary Neighbour Parent.

Originally built by the Atsumi International Scholarship Foundation, it is now hosted and maintained by the Media Center for Art History at Columbia University