Keywords
Architecture
General Terms
Written susa 寸莎. Also tsuta つた. A generic term for fibrous substances, including straw, hemp, or paper which were mixed into clay for reinforcement. Susa was used in clay statues *sozō 塑像 to prevent cracking and shrinkage, and to prevent cracks forming in earthen walls *tsuchikabe 土壁. Straw fibers were known as warasusa 藁すさ, paper fibers as kamisusa 紙すさ, and so on.