yokozando 横桟戸

Keywords
Architecture
General Terms

A timber door frame into which horizontal boards are set. The seams tsugime 継目 are hidden by crosspieces nailed in place. On elaborate doors made of heavy planks with stout crosspieces, nail heads are covered with metal bosses *kugikakushi 釘隠.

Owari Ookunitama Jinja Roumon 尾張大国霊神社楼門 (Aichi)

Owari Ōkunitama Jinja Rōmon 尾張大国霊神社楼門 (Aichi)