hashirakugi　柱釘

KEY WORD :　architecture / tea houses

Also *hanakugi 花釘. A nail on which a flower vase can be hung. It is nailed onto an alcove post *tokohashira 床柱 in a tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室. Opinion varies on its proper position which ranges from 33cm below the alcove lintel *otoshigake 落掛, to 97cm above the straw mat *tatami 畳 floor.

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