Keywords
Architecture
General Terms
Also *seki-ita 塞板, maku-ita 幕板, or itamochi 板持.
1 A type of fascia board. A thick board attached to the rafter ends of a plank roofed vernacular house using wooden pegs, kisen 木栓, or metal hooks to protect the crosscut rafter ends from weathering. Used primarily in northern Japan to secure roofing during gales.
2 A term used for crossed boards on the ridge or ridge ends, like *chigi 千木 on shrine buildings.
3 A term used for bargeboard *hafu 破風, on Sado island, Niigata Prefecture.