Keywords
Architecture
General Terms
1 One fourth of a log or piece of lumber, or a 1/4 scale reduction of a structural element. For example, shibuichi bashira 四分一柱 means a post made one quarter smaller than an ordinary square post.
2 Thin, black lacquered wood, usually 7.5 mm by 1.8 mm, attached to a wall at an inside corner. The wall is first pasted over with paper or cloth harikabe 貼壁.
3 An alloy of copper and silver in a ratio of 4:1, also called rōgin 朧銀. It is used for metal bosses *kugikakushi 釘隠 to cover nails on doors or lintels, for the pulls for opaque sliding doors *fusuma 襖 and for other ornamental metal fittings.