yanagikugi　柳釘

KEY WORD :　architecture / tea houses

Also yanagikakekugi 柳掛け釘. A nail hammered into a partially plastered post yanagibashira 柳柱 (see *youjibashira 楊子柱), usually found in a 4 1/2 mat tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室. The nail is hammered into the upper part of the post (the unplastered part) and a hanging flower vase is hung from it. According to Sen Soutan 千宗旦 (1578-1658) the nail gets its name from springs of willow draped from the nail at New Years. Examples can be seen at Yuuin 又隠 at Urasenke 裏千家, and Onigawara-no-seki 鬼瓦席 at Koudaiji 高台寺 both in Kyoto.

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