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Architecture
Tea Houses
Lit. bag-hanging nail. A bamboo or iron nail inserted into the middle post, *nakabashira 中柱, of a tea ceremony room. It is used to hang up the tea caddy bag, shifuku 仕服. The nail is bent to form a hook with the under part being bent at a right angle and rounded to make it easy to hang up the bag gracefully. A small guard regulates how far the nail is to be hammered into the post. The nail is positioned about 11 cm above the horizontal wooden piece which holds the extended sleeve wall, *sodekabe 袖壁, and is terminated by the nakabashira. This prevents the bag from touching the floor. Example: Kohōan 孤篷庵 Daitokuji 大徳寺 (rebuilt by Matsudaira Fumai 松平不昧, flourished ca. 1800), Kyoto.