uchikorobi　内転

KEY WORD :　architecture / general terms

Pillars *hashira 柱, with an inward incline. Uchikorobi pillars provide stability for *torii 鳥居, the gate-like entrance to a shrine *jinja 神社, or *hikaebashira 控柱, which serve as props to shore up a fence. Pillars with uchikoribi are also found on shelters, suibansha 水盤社, built over the places of purification at Rinnouji Taiyuuin 輪王寺大猷院, built in the mid. 17c, in Nikkou 日光, Tochigi prefecture. Uchikorobi pillars are also used on a building called Eizanji, 栄山寺, an Eight-sided Hall Hakkakudou 八角堂 (757) Nara. Generally, these pillars were not used for buildings such as temple halls or a vernacular houses.

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