A wall plate. A beam placed on top of a wall. It supports the ends of transverse beams *hari 梁, which support a beam called a pole plate *hanamoya 鼻母屋, which in turn receives the rafters *taruki 垂木.
a) *hanamoya 鼻母屋 b) *hari 梁 c) shikigeta 敷桁 d) *taruki 垂木