sukashigaki　透垣

KEY WORD :　architecture / gardens

Lit. see-through fence. A generic term for any kind of fence through which one can see. This type of open fence is used as a dividing fence shikirigaki 仕切垣 or for *sodegaki 袖垣 within a tea garden *roji 露地. Specific *oogaki 大垣 types include *yotsumegaki 四目垣, *kouetsujigaki 光悦寺垣 and the *kinkakujigaki 金閣寺垣, while the *narihira sodegaki 業平袖垣 the best example among sodegaki.

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