aragaki 荒垣
KEY WORD : architecture / general terms
 
Lit. rough fence. A general term to designate any kind of crude fence with widely spaced posts and crossbars. It is also called suigai 透垣 and, when used in shrines, *tamagaki 玉垣.
 

Kasuga Taisha 春日大社 (Nara)

 
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