Keywords
Architecture
Decorations
Also hanchiku 班竹, madaradake まだらだけ, buchidake ぶちだけ, tanbahanchiku タンバハンチク, kohanchiku コハンチク. A type of black bamboo hachiku 淡竹 (Phyllostachis nigra) with brown spiral or cloud-shaped marks on the surface of the stalk. The patterned bamboo is used for rafters *taruki 垂木 and ceiling poles tenjō saobuchi 天井竿縁.