nokōbai 野勾配

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Architecture
General Terms

Also noji-no-kōbai 野地の勾配. The incline of straight hidden rafters *nodaruki 野垂木. The prefix no 野 in traditional architecture refers to hidden members as opposed to the prefix *keshō 化粧 that is used for visible ones. The incline of hidden rafters differs from the incline of visible rafters.