Keywords
Architecture
Gardens
Lit. "see-through fence." A generic term for any kind of fence through which one can see. This type of open fence is used as a dividing fence shikirigaki 仕切垣 or for *sodegaki 袖垣 within a tea garden *roji 露地. Specific *ōgaki 大垣 types include *yotsumegaki 四目垣, *kōetsujigaki 光悦寺垣 and the *kinkakujigaki 金閣寺垣, while the *narihira sodegaki 業平袖垣 is the best example among sodegaki.