JAANUS / kakegane 掛金

kakegane　掛金

KEY WORD :　architecture / tea houses

A ring or eyelet device used as a simple method of securing a hinged door *hirakido 開戸. It consists of a circular eyelet and the shank of a hinge, netsubo 根壷, which can be nailed into a frame. If the eyelet is circular it is called wakakegane 輪掛金, and if oblong, it is called saokakegane 竿掛金. The part which is nailed to the stile of a door to receive the hook is called uketsubo 受壷. There are many kinds of kakegane. The following are examples of those used especially in tea ceremony rooms *chashitsu 茶室:
1　Rojizai tsurikan 炉自在釣鐶. An assemblage for hanging a kettle composed of a metal ring, circular and square washers, maruza 丸座; and kakuza 角座, and a pin *sen 栓.
2　Tsurihana hirukan 釣花蛭鐶. An assemblage for hanging flower vases including an eyelet, round and square washers and a pin.
3　Tsukiagemado-no-sao 突上窓の竿. A short prop about 20cm long to hold open the window that is cut in the sloping part of the ceiling in a tea ceremony house. The hardware needed includes a wooden hooked nail, usually cedar, and a nail with an eye hole that has a round washer. This is attached to the bottom of the window opening and holds the prop.
4　Nijiriguchi kakegane 躙口掛金. Two socket hinges, two round washers and a hook-latch used to secure the doors of a crawl-in entrance *nijiriguchi 躙口.

nijiriguchi kakegane 躙口掛金： a) *hashira 柱　b) *nijiriguchi 躙口

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