Keywords
Architecture
General Terms
1 A prefix attached to the name of a structural member to indicate that the member is not visible. Unexposed members includes: a hidden roof *noyane 野屋根, hidden rafters *nodaruki 野垂木, or *nogoya 野小屋, hidden ceiling notenjō 野天井, and hidden purlin within the roof framework *nomoya 野母屋, a hidden transverse beam nobari 野梁. An exposed member is called *keshō 化粧.
2 Structural members left in a rough, unfinished state. This includes unexposed members used in a hidden roof, noyane, and roof sheathing *noji-ita 野地板. The term also applies to quarried stone left unprocessed.