jouyageta　上屋桁

KEY WORD :　architecture / folk dwellings

The purlins or plates *keta 桁, supported on the main frame posts *jouyabari 上屋梁, in the conventional construction *kyourogumi 京呂組 in vernacular houses *minka 民家, with thatched roofs. In the less common form of construction *oriokigumi 折置組, the jouyageta was the uppermost of the main transverse beams, which rested directly upon the tops of the support posts *jouyabashira 上屋柱. Also called hon'yageta 本屋桁 in some districts.

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*jouya 上屋, *geya 下屋, *geyageta 下屋桁

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