yokoshino 横篠

Keywords
Architecture
General Terms

1 The horizontal line of a bamboo joint.

2 The line carved into the short posts at each end of the transom called *take-no-fushi ranma 竹の節欄間 to resemble a bamboo joint. See *wakishōji 脇障子. Simulated bamboo posts of this type are also often used for railings.

Hōryūji Tōin Eden
法隆寺東院絵殿 (Nara)

 

*take-no-fushi ranma 竹の節欄間:
Hontokuji Hondō 本徳寺本堂 (Hyōgo)