kaku-zukuri 角造
KEY WORD : architecture / general terms
 
1 A generic term for structural members that are square in cross section. Examples are found on the steps of many small shrines and the grid *dodai 土台, on which most 1-bay shrine buildings *ikkensha-zukuri 一間社造, are supported.

2 The upper-most horizontal member *kasagi 笠木, of a shrine gate *torii 鳥居. 
 
 

 
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