kushigatamado 櫛形窓

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A window in the shape of a comb *kushigata 櫛形. Sometimes built into outside walls above rain doors *amado 雨戸, with sliding doors fitted on the inside. Kushigatamado were used in the Kyoto Gosho Seiryōden 京都御所清涼殿. The ogival window *katōmado 火灯窓 is considered to be a type of kushigatamado.