hokogi　架木

KEY WORD :　architecture / general terms

The topmost member of a three-railed balustrade *kouran 高欄, usually round or octagonal in section. Although rare, some hokogi are polygonal or hexagonal in section. The earliest topmost railings did not have curved ends and were cut straight down. From the Heian period they became wider and curved upward at the extended ends. During the Edo period the extended ends were cut with an inward slant.

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*hirageta 平桁, *jifuku 地覆

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