yotsuya maruta　四谷丸太

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Also called yotsuya migakimaruta 四谷磨き丸太 or migakimaruta 磨き丸太. A cedar log stripped of its bark and then polished with shark skin samegawa 鮫皮. Logs of this type are widely used for alcove posts tokonoma-no-hashira 床の間の柱, purlins *keta 桁, exposed rafters *keshou daruki 化粧垂木, etc. They are produced in the Kantou 関東 region.

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