enbashira　縁柱

KEY WORD :　architecture / general terms

Also engawabashira 縁側柱. Posts or pillars usually set on the floor boards *en-ita 縁板, at the outer edge of a veranda *en 縁. They are attached by various kinds of tenons *hozo ほぞ and mortises *hozo-ana ほぞ穴 depending upon the size of the post and the amount of weight it carries. The veranda posts are attached at the top to the veranda eave purlin engeta 縁桁, that may be a bark-stripped log, or a squared or slightly rectangular beam. These purlins are at an angle compatible with the incline of the roof. The outer ends of the rafters *taruki 垂木 are supported by the eave purlin. If the span is unusually long, a reinforcing tie beam chikaranuki 力貫, is added from underneath.

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