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kehanashi 蹴放 | ||||||
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A threshold
or sill. A horizontal timber without grooves, positioned beneath an entrance
so that a door or gate closes flush with the threshold. Historically, it
was often a removable member, but it is more common today for the kehanashi
to be firmly attached. Examples are found in a row-house gateway nagayamon
長屋門 (see *nagaya 長屋)
and the residential gate *kidomon
木戸門. |
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nagayamon 長屋門:Nagatomi 永富 house (Hyougo)
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*keage 蹴上 | ||||||
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