sashidoko　指床

KEY WORD :　architecture / aristocratic dwellings

Lit. pointing to the alcove. Ceiling battens *saobuchi 竿縁 or thick straw floor mats *tatami 畳 with the short end placed at right angles to an alcove *tokonoma 床の間. Two examples of ceiling battens at right angles to an alcove exist at: Daigoji Sanbouin Shoin 醍醐寺三宝院書院 (1600) and Kanchi-in Kyakuden 観智院客殿 (1606), both in Kyoto.

a) *saobuchi 竿縁

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