hariita tenjō 張板天井

Keywords
Architecture
General Terms

A plain board ceiling. When paper or silk are pasted over the ceiling boards for decorative purposes, the ceiling is called haritsuke tenjō 張付天井. When silk is used, it is called haritenjō 張天井 which means literally to paste something on the ceiling. The paper or silk may be decorated with birds, gold dust or rubbed with silver.