hanegimakura 桔木枕
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Lit. a cantilever pillow. A transverse beam supported by the eave purlin *dashigeta 出桁, which serves as a fulcrum for the cantilever in a hidden roof structure called noyane kouzou 野屋根構造 (see *noyane 野屋根). The hanegimakura also strengthens the whole structure. Note that not all hidden roofs have cantilevers and cantilever pillows.
 
 

 
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