ararekoboshi　霰零し

KEY WORD :　architecture / tea houses

Lit. scattered hail stones. A method of paving *tama-ishijiki 玉石敷, in which various sizes of round stones *tama-ishi 玉石, are inbedded in the ground and joined together using different types of joints. It is favored in garden paths of *souan 草庵 style gardens and in *roji 露地 or tea gardens. There are four different types of ararekoboshi paving: ookobore 大零れ, kokobore 小零れ, *ashiwake 葦分け, and chidoriashi 千鳥足.

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*ookoboshi shiki-ishi 大零し敷石, *kokoboshi shiki-ishi 小零し敷石, *chidoriashiuchi 千鳥足打ち

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