Keywords
Architecture
General Terms
A wide rectangular stone strut about 2/3 the width of the stone panels *hame-ishi 羽目石 on a formal podium *danjōzumi 壇上積. They are used at the corners and at standard intervals on the sides between the corners and steps. They add stability to the stone panels. Tsuka-ishi rest on the horizontal base stones *jifuku-ishi 地覆石, and are beneath the curb stones *katsura-ishi 葛石. Tsuka-ishi are one of the four parts that compose the formal podium.
a) tsuka-ishi 束石 b) tsuka-ishi 束石 (kadozuka 角束）
Hōryūji Tōin Yumedono 法隆寺東院夢殿 (Nara)