Keywords
Architecture
General Terms
Also written 傍立; also called hōdatebashira 方立柱; formerly *hashirayose 柱寄.
1 A thin board or narrow post set on each side of a door or gate to provide a neat finish. It is also found on paneled, double sliding, opaque screens *taikobari fusuma 太鼓張襖 used as a tea master's entrance *kayoiguchi 通い口 into a tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室. See *heijiku 幣軸.
2 Hōdate wakibashira 方立脇柱 are square posts positioned on the inside of each of the hōdate when the distance between pillars is wide.