hishiko 菱子
KEY WORD : architecture / general terms
 
1 Muntins, diamond shaped in cross section, used in place of vertical bars in some window openings.

2 Muntins arranged in a diamond shaped pattern on a transom *ranma 欄間. Also called hishigoushi ranma 菱格子欄間. Examples may be found at Toudaiji Nigatsudou Akaiya 東大寺二月堂閼伽井屋 (Kamakura period; just below the head tie beams *kashiranuki 頭貫) in Nara, and at Ujigami Jinja Honden Naiden 宇治上神社本殿内殿 (Heian period) in Kyoto.
 
 

 
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*hishigoushi 菱格子
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