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ai-no-ma 相の間

1 A space between two main structures or two points.

2 In the case of two buildings…

Architecture, Shrines, Folk Dwellings
chigi 千木

Also written 鎮木, 知木, 知疑. Also higi 氷木.

1 Forked finials, which are found on most Shinto…

Architecture, Shrines, Folk Dwellings
daikoku-bashira 大黒柱 ✓

Also written 大極柱, shin-no-hashira 心の柱, yaku-bashira 役柱, and naka-bashira 中柱.

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Architecture, Folk Dwellings, Shrines

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JAANUS is the on-line Dictionary of Japanese Architectural and Art Historical Terminology compiled by Dr. Mary Neighbour Parent.

Originally built by the Atsumi International Scholarship Foundation, it is now hosted and maintained by the Media Center for Art History at Columbia University