hashirakugi 柱釘

Keywords
Architecture
Tea Houses

Also *hanakugi 花釘. A nail on which a flower vase can be hung. It is nailed onto an alcove post *tokohashira 床柱 in a tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室. Opinion varies on its proper position which ranges from 33 cm below the alcove lintel *otoshigake 落掛 to 97 cm above the straw mat *tatami 畳 floor.