tokuribashira　徳利柱

KEY WORD :　architecture / general terms

Also doubari 胴張り. Entasis. A tall circular pillar, column or post which curves gradually reaching its widest point at its center. The purpose is to avoid the illusion that the pillar curves inward as it would appear as viewed looking up from its base if it were made perfectly straight. The word tokuri 徳利 is the name given to one type of Japanese wine bottle. Entasis in pillars is suggested by this shape. Entasis can be seen on the pillar in Kondou 金堂 and Gojuu-no-tou 五重塔 at Houruuji 法隆寺, end 7c-first decade of 8c, Nara. Slight entasis appears in some 8c buildings, for example Toushoudaiji Kondou 唐招提寺金堂, in Nara. By the 9c it is was no longer used.

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