tsuiji 築地

Also called tsuijibei 築地塀; tsuigaki 築垣 or 築墻. A formal style fence made by pounding a mixture of mud and clay between wooden frames *seki-ita 堰板. The process used to make a fence tsuiji, is called *hanchiku 版築. Slanted posts *subashira 須柱, are set 1.8-2 m apart so that the fence, as seen in cross section, is broader at the base than at the top. The horizontal timbers that run between these posts are called jōgisuji 定規筋. The posts at each end are called kaigatabashira 貝形柱. Usually, a tiled *kawara 瓦, gable roof *kirizuma yane 切妻屋根 is constructed on top of the most formal type of fence. Cypress bark *hiwadabuki 桧皮葺 roofing was sometimes used. Mud fences without a wooden framework or a roof but reinforced with broken rock tiles, are called *dobei 土塀. Sometimes boards were used to cover the top of a simple mud fence. These are called agetsuchi tsuiji 上土築地. Sujibei 筋塀 are fences decorated with tile fragments and white lines, placed near the joints of the boards that support the pounded mud-clay. Five parallel white plaster lines signify nobility and monzeki ji-in 門跡寺院, to which a member of the imperial family has retired. A *neribei 練塀 fence is constructed with alternate layers of dried clay bricks and kneaded mud. It is sometimes made of boards with only the front side plastered. A large tsuiji is called *ōgaki 大垣. The earliest extant tsuiji dates from the Kamakura period. An example exists at Nishi no Miya Jinja 西宮神社 in Hyōgo Prefecture.