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| keshou yaneura 化粧屋根裏 | ||||||
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|  The underside       of a roof visible because no ceiling has been installed. The pitch of the       roof and various structural elements are also exposed to view. In buildings       which have hidden roof structures *noyane 野屋根, ceilings which reveal the base rafters *jidaruki 地垂木, *keshou daruki 化粧垂木 and other structural members are sometimes constructed . Occasionally,       the rough underside of a roof may be finished with carefully planed boards       or sheathing placed to follow the actual roof slope. In temple buildings       containing both inner and outer sanctuaries *naijin 内陣 and *gejin 外陣, inner       core and ailses *moya 母屋 and *hisashi 廂       or *mokoshi 裳階, there       is some type of flat ceiling in the naijin or moya and a type       of open beam ceiling in the gejin and surrounding areas. Examples       of keshou yaneura can be found at *Kairou 回廊 and *Jikidou 食堂 in the       west precinct at Houryuuji Sai-in 法隆寺西院,  Shin'yakushiji Hondou 新薬師寺本堂 (8c) both       in Nara, and Joudoji *Joudodou 浄土寺浄土堂 (1193) in Hyougo prefecture.  | 
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![]() Shoufukuji Jizoudou 正福寺地蔵堂 (Tokyo) 
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