hakamagoshi　袴腰
KEY WORD :　architecture / 1 tea houses, 2 buildings & structures
　
1　A trapezoidal form created on top of the posts that frame the host's entrance *sadouguchi 茶道口, to a tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室. It is considered a variation of the curved door-top called *katouguchi 火灯口. Example: the *kyuujiguchi 給仕口 of the tearoom, Shoukintei 松琴亭 at Katsura Rikyuu 桂離宮 in Kyoto.

2　The flared, skirt-like, lower portion of a belfry *shourou 鐘楼. This type of belfry structural element appeared in the late Heian period and became common there after.
　
Houryuuji Touin Shourou 法隆寺東院鐘楼 (Nara)
Houryuuji Touin Shourou
法隆寺東院鐘楼 (Nara)
 　 Rinnouji Taiyuuin Shourou 輪王寺大猷院鐘楼 ( Tochigi)
Rinnouji Taiyuuin Shourou
輪王寺大猷院鐘楼 (Tochigi)

　
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