amakatsura-ishi 雨葛石

Keywords
Architecture
General Terms

A curbstone that runs horizontally along the top edge of a podium *danjōzumi 壇上積 that does not extend as far as the edge of the eaves. Amakatsura-ishi, therefore, are far enough away from the end of the eave overhang *noki-no-de 軒の出, that they are not affected by dripping rainwater.