Keywords
Architecture
General Terms
A string, or stringer. The boards set diagonally on each side of a staircase in order to receive the treads fumi-ita 踏板, and risers kawagi 側木. The upper part of the stringer is cut in a zigzag fashion to accommodate the treads and risers.
Sekidōji Hondō 石堂寺本堂 (Chiba)