biwa-ita 琵琶板

Keywords
Architecture
General Terms

Also written 枇杷板.

1 The board inserted between a bottle strut *taiheizuka 太瓶束; a frog-leg strut *kaerumata 蟇股; or a bracket complex *tokyō 斗きょう, and a narrow strip of wall *kokabe 小壁, located just below the ceiling or under the eaves.

2 A long board, broadside down, that extends along the top of a wall plate *daiwa 台輪.