futatesakigumi 二手先組

Also called futatesaki tokyō 二手先斗きょう or futatesaki kumimono 二手先組物. A bracket complex composed of two steps. The first step, *degumi 出組, is separated from the wall and carries the end of a rainbow beam, *kōryō 虹梁, extended out from the interior at right angle to the wall. This beam end functions like a bracket arm, *hijiki 肘木. At its outermost end it supports a small bearing block, *makito 巻斗, into which another bracket arm carrying three bearing blocks is inserted. This combination is called *mitsudo tokyō 三斗斗きょう, and it runs parallel to the wall plane. This is the second step. It often supports a purlin-bearing bracket arm, *sanehijiki 実肘木, or a purlin, *keta 桁. This is the simplest type of two-stepped bracket complex. Later, it became more complicated with the addition of tail rafters, *odaruki 尾垂木; short curved transitional members set between beams at different levels, *shirin 支輪; and a narrow latticed-ceiling positioned beneath the eaves, *nokitenjō 軒天井. One example in the *wayō 和様 style with tail rafters and is found at Kitano Tenmangū 北野天満宮 (late 16th-early 17th century) in Kyoto.