Keywords
Architecture
General Terms
Wood rot. Wood rot can be either dry rot, kanshoku 乾蝕, or wet rot, shisshoku 湿蝕. Wet rot is particularly problematic where dampness and dryness alternate frequently. Areas of Japan that have damp, humid summers and high rainfall suffer from considerable amounts of this type of damage, especially in the roof structures made with bark, *hiwadabuki 桧皮葺, shingles *kokerabuki 柿葺, or thatch, *kayabuki 茅葺.