heitenseki　平天石

KEY WORD :　architecture / gardens

Lit. flat top stone. A name for stones flattened on the top side. Heitenseki may be used to express the wings of the crane on crane islands *tsurujima 鶴島, as shoe-removing stones *kutsunugi-ishi 沓脱石, as worship stones *haiseki 拝石 and as *tsukubai 蹲踞 and *hachimae-no-ishigumi 鉢前の石組.

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