aori-ita  障泥板
KEY WORD : architecture / general terms
 
Also read afuri-ita; irakaooi 甍覆.

1 A thick board attached to the edge of a veranda on pre-Meiji buildings or along steps to prevent damage from rain.

2 Thick boards placed over the main ridge *munagi 棟木, beneath the box ridge *hakomune 箱棟, of a pre-Meiji building to protect the main ridge from rain. The boards have a slight downward incline.

3 On a cypress-bark roof *hiwadabuki 桧皮葺, or a roof covered with finely cut and stacked shingles *kokerabuki 柿葺, an aori-ita is called a shinanoki 品軒. Tiles which serve the same purpose on tile roofs *kawara 瓦 are called *hada noshigawara 肌熨斗瓦.

4 On shrine buildings in *shinmei-zukuri 神明造, the aori-ita are boards that act as drip caps. They are attached to each side of the ridge from one end to the other and are held by penetrating beams called *hinuki 飛貫. They are under the ridge cover *kou-ita 甲板, and below the support for the billets *katsuogi 堅魚木. They slope to the same degree as the roof incline *koubai 勾配, and protect the ridge by deflecting rain.
 

Ise Jinguu Naikuu Shouden 伊勢神宮内宮正殿 (Mie)

a) *hinuki 飛貫  b) *katsuogi 堅魚木  c) kazaana 風穴
d) *chigi 千木  e) *kou-ita 甲板  f) aori-ita 障泥板  g) *muchikake 鞭掛

 
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