sashigeta 指桁

Also called sashibari 指梁. The short visible purlins that jut beyond the barge course *keraba 螻羽, on the gable *tsuma 妻 end of a gable roof. The bargeboards *hafu 破風, are attached to the ends of the visible purlins by a tenon and mortise, hozosashi ほぞ差. Prior to the development of the hidden roof *noyane 野屋根 in the 11th century, only one ridge *munagi 棟木 was used and there were no sashigeta. The bargeboards were attached to extended ends of ordinary purlins *keta 桁.