tarukikake 垂木掛

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Architecture
General Terms

Also read tarukigake. A horizontal timber attached to the posts of an exterior wall to support the undersides of the inner ends of rafters on a lean-to roof *sashikake 差掛. Examples include *kasuga-zukuri 春日造; shrine building shaden 社殿, and step canopy *kōhai 向拝.