hinuki 飛貫

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Architecture
General Terms

Also written 樋貫.


1 Pegs which go through the ridge protecting the boards *aori-ita 障泥板 on each side, and inserted into the struts *hizuka 樋束 to support the peaked ridge board shrine architecture of *shinmei-zukuri 神明造.
 

Ise Jingū Gekū Tsuchinomiya 伊勢神宮外宮土宮 (Mie)

 


2 A neck penetrating tie beam which extends through a pillar, or part way into it, somewhat below the uppermost or head-penetrating tie beam *kashiranuki 頭貫. Seen especially in temple architecture. Also the tie beam below the secondary lintel *shimaki 島木 of an entrance gate to a Shinto shrine *torii 鳥居 is sometimes referred to as hinuki.