Keywords
Architecture
General Terms
1 Muntins, diamond shaped in cross section, used in place of vertical bars in some window openings.
2 Muntins arranged in a diamond-shaped pattern on a transom *ranma 欄間. Also called hishigōshi ranma 菱格子欄間. Examples may be found at Tōdaiji Nigatsudō Akaiya 東大寺二月堂閼伽井屋 (Kamakura period; just below the head tie beams *kashiranuki 頭貫) in Nara, and at Ujigami Jinja Honden Naiden 宇治上神社本殿内殿 (Heian period) in Kyoto.