sukashikaerumata　透蟇股
KEY WORD :　architecture / decorations
　
Also called *kurinuki kaerumata 刳抜蟇股. A frog-leg strut that is scooped or gouged out. By the second half of the Heian period, frog-leg struts were gradually becoming more ornamental and less structural than the original solid board frog-leg struts *kaerumata 蟇股. Hence, an openwork type of frog-leg strut was created. The earliest struts were not really carved out of a solid panel but were carved in two pieces, one the reverse of the other. They were joined together to look like a single carving of genuine frog's legs or honkaerumata 本蟇股. During the Kamakura period, they were carved in one piece. A variety of designs abound but during the proto-modern period (16c-19c), they became ornate and the delicacy of the early openwork-style of frog-leg struts was lost.
　

Ujigami Jinja Honden 宇治上神社本殿 (Kyoto)

　
REFERENCES:
　
EXTERNAL LINKS: 
　　
NOTES: 
　

(C)2001 Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System.　No reproduction or republication without written permission.
掲載のテキスト・写真・イラストなど、全てのコンテンツの無断複製・転載を禁じます。