kakegane 掛金

Keywords
Architecture
Tea Houses

A ring or eyelet device used as a simple method of securing a hinged door *hirakido 開戸. It consists of a circular eyelet and the shank of a hinge, netsubo 根壷, which can be nailed into a frame. If the eyelet is circular it is called wakakegane 輪掛金, and if oblong, it is called saokakegane 竿掛金. The part which is nailed to the stile of a door to receive the hook is called uketsubo 受壷. There are many kinds of kakegane. The following are examples of those used especially in tea ceremony rooms *chashitsu 茶室:


1 Rojizai tsurikan 炉自在釣鐶. An assemblage for hanging a kettle composed of a metal ring, circular and square washers, maruza 丸座; and kakuza 角座, and a pin *sen 栓.


2 Tsuribana hirukan 釣花蛭鐶. An assemblage for hanging flower vases including an eyelet, round and square washers, and a pin.


3 Tsukiagemado no sao 突上窓の竿. A short prop about 20 cm long to hold open the window that is cut in the sloping part of the ceiling in a tea ceremony house. The hardware needed includes a wooden hooked nail, usually cedar, and a nail with an eye hole that has a round washer. This is attached to the bottom of the window opening and holds the prop.


4 Nijiriguchi kakegane 躙口掛金. Two socket hinges, two round washers, and a hook-latch used to secure the doors of a crawl-in entrance *nijiriguchi 躙口.

 

 

nijiriguchi kakegane 躙口掛金: a) *hashira 柱 b) *nijiriguchi 躙口