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daiwa 台輪 | ||||||
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1 A
wall plate or top plate placed along the top of head-penetrating tie beams
*kashiranuki 頭貫
which are inserted into a pillar. It not only functions as a kind of tie,
but also accepts the bracket complexes *tokyou
斗きょう. Although sometimes used in ancient buildings, as well as in later
pagodas, it is a chief characteristic of Zen style *zenshuuyou 禅宗様 buildings. Example: Eihouji Kannondou 永保寺観音堂 (1315), Gifu preferture.
2 A circular plate placed on the top of a pillar in the *inari torii 稲荷鳥居 and *sannou torii 山王鳥居 styles. Daiwa also cover the tops of the copper covered pillars of a gateway *torii 鳥居 at Hikosan Jinja 英彦山神社 (1638), Fukuoka prefecture. |
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