ootsugaki　大津垣

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Also called yarai 矢来, yaraigaki 矢来垣, chousengaki 朝鮮垣, and chousen yarai 朝鮮矢来. Lit. ootsu fence. A type of simple wooden fence. In 1711 a Korean mission traveling from Ootsu 大津 to Edo attracted so much attention that the government ordered people to erect fences along the road on which the Koreans passed. These fences were made with pieces of uncut bamboo tied on intersecting diagonals between two or three cross bars of split bamboo. Often the projecting bamboo at the top is cut to create a sharp edge.

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