jabara tenjou 蛇腹天井
KEY WORD : architecture / general terms
 
Lit. snake belly ceiling. An open or exposed ceiling composed of curved, parallel rafters, thought to resemble a snake's belly. The ceiling found over the one bay wide aisle *hisashi 廂 across the front of a temple building of the Oubaku 黄檗 sect, one of the Zen sects of Buddhism. The aisle is open at the front and ends. The curved rafters extend beyond the eave purlin *gagyou 丸桁 to create an eave overhang *noki-no-de 軒の出.
 
Manpukuji *Daiouhouden 萬福寺大雄宝殿 (Kyoto)
Manpukuji *Daiyuuhouden 萬福寺大雄宝殿 (Kyoto)

 
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*oubaku tenjou 黄檗天井
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