Keywords
Architecture
Tea Houses
A nail used to hang a flower vase in a tea ceremonyroom *chashitsu 茶室. Some are hammered into the center of the alcove *tokonoma 床の間 wall, and others are hammered into the alcove pillar *tokobashira 床柱. The former is also called *nakakugi 中釘 and the latter *hashirakugi 柱釘 or tokobashira hanakugi 床柱花釘. All are metal nails, bent up into an L-shape to form a hook.
