kagobori 篭彫
KEY WORD : architecture / general terms
 
Purfled work. Lit. basket carving. A type of decorative wood carving used on beam projections *kibana 木鼻, from the Momoyama to the mid-Edo period. The inner part of the beam was completely carved out like an empty basket, and the outside was very finely carved in the shapes of flowers and foliage.
 

Senshuuji Nyoraidou 専修寺如来堂 (Mie)

 
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