hanakugi 花釘
KEY WORD : architecture / tea houses
 
A nail used to hang a flower vase in a tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室. Some are hammered into the center of the alcove *tokonoma 床の間, wall and others are hammered into the alcove pillar *tokobashira 床柱. The former is also called *nakakugi 中釘 and the latter *hashirakugi 柱釘 or tokobashira hanakugi 床柱花釘. All are metal nails, bent up into an L- shape to form a hook.
 
   
Nagatomi 永富 house (Hyougo)
Raku'an 楽庵 (Hyougo)
a) *hashirakugi 柱釘 b) *nakakugi 中釘
c) *yanagikugi 柳釘

 
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