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KEY WORD : architecture / tea houses
 
1 Lit. shoulder. The shoulder of a tea ceremony tea caddy or tea jar *chaire 茶入, into which tea is poured. The shapes of the shoulders vary and can be sloped, rounded, rolled or ridged.

2 The upper part of a frog-leg strut *kaerumata 蟇股, that forms the shoulder-like curves on either side of a bearing block *masu 斗.
 
 

 
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