Keywords
Architecture
General Terms
Lit. half non-penetrating horizontal beam. A non-penetrating beam which is 3/5 the diameter of a building 's main pillar instead of the usual 4/5. It is described as hikui 低い (low) when mentioned in Japanese explanations. It is attached to a jinageshi 地長押, a base non-penetrating tie beam. It may be used on top of a *kirime nageshi 切目長押, a non-penetrating timber used beneath the track *kamoi 鴨居 for sliding doors. It may also be used as a kirime nageshi or uchinori nageshi 内法長押, the beam used above window or door jambs.
