JAANUS / tasuki　襷

tasuki　襷

KEY WORD :　architecture / decorations

1　To interact lines, strings or rails diagonally forming a pattern of diamond shapes. Sometimes another motif is inserted inside the diamond shapes as in 'triple tasuki' miedasuki 三重襷, or there are variations using curved lines, such as fudoutsunagi 分銅繋.
See *tasukimon 襷文, *hishi 菱.　

2　Also *hishigoshi 菱格子. Thin wooden strips san 桟, grillwork, baces on a gate or below a window, intersecting diagonally to form diamond shapes, or arranged in a zig-zag pattern. either ornamental or for strengthening. A lattice formed in this way is called *tasukigoshi 襷格子. Found on 'genji fences' *genjibei 源氏塀, *heijuumon 塀重門 gates, cedar doors *sugido 杉戸, and bamboo-joint transoms *take-no-fushi ranma 竹の節欄間.

Zuiganji Chuumon 瑞巖寺中門 (Miyagi)

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