funazoko tenjou　舟底天井

KEY WORD :　architecture / general terms

Also called *yakata tenjou 屋形天井, an upside down houseboat-shaped ceiling. A ceiling *tenjou 天井, shaped like the inside of the bottom of a simple boat as viewed in cross section. The smooth ceiling boards run lengthwise, parallel to the ridge *munagi 棟木, of the building. The sides of the ceiling form a sloping curve from the peak to the supporting tie beams *moyageta 母屋桁. The oldest extant ceiling of this type is found in the Hondou 本堂 (also called Oujou Gokuraku-in 往生極楽院 ; 1148) at Sanzen-in 三千院, 7.91m×9.13m; Kyoto. This funazoko tenjou covers only the core area *moya 母屋, beneath which is the dais on which are Amida nyoraizou 阿弥陀如来像 (4.9m high) and two smaller Bosatsuzou 菩薩像 kneeling in Japanese fashion. The ceiling is raised approximately 4.5cm above the exposed rafters *keshou daruki 化粧垂木, which form the ceiling over the aisles *hisashi 廂. Paintings of heavenly beings, tennin 天人, adorn the ceiling. Although the exposed underside of a gable roof may have a similar shape, it is never called a funazoko ceiling.

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