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tenjou 天井 | ||||||
KEY WORD : architecture / general terms | ||||||
Lit.
ceiling. A ceiling, made of cypress boughs erected over seats according
to the ENGISHIKI 延喜式 and Yuki-in 悠基院. There are two basic types of
ceilings tenjou. There are the two basic types that close off the
upper part a room, hall, etc. from an upper story with its framework on
the underside of the roof. The other an open beam ceiling, yaneura tenjou
屋根裏天井, that is opened completely to the underside of the roof. Ancient ceilings
are believed to have been constructed with bamboo poles or stripped branches
placed in a grid pattern with woven straw mats laid on top. Some believe
that this arrangement was the forerunner of the widely used coffered ceiling
*goutenjou 格天井.
See *kumiire tenjou
組入天井, *oriage tenjou
折上天井, *kiriage tenjou
切上天井, *saobuchi
tenjou 竿縁天井, *kagamitenjou
鏡天井, *funazoko tenjou
舟底天井. Ceilings may also be classified according to the material used. See *ajiro 網代, *gamamushiro tenjou 蒲蓆天井, *kakekomi tenjou 掛込天井, kamibari tenjou 紙貼天井, tsuchinuri tenjou 土塗天井. They may also be classified by location. |
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*nokitenjou 軒天井 | ||||||
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