sogi-ita　殺板

KEY WORD :　architecture / general terms

Also written 曾木板 or 枌板; also called hegi-ita へぎ板. A thinly cut wooden shingle, 3mm thick, and usually 30cm x 9 to 12cm wide. This word and its meaning appear in the MAN'YOUSHUU 万葉集, a compilation of poetry begun by Emperor Nintoku 仁徳 (4c) and continually added to until the reign of Junnin 淳仁 (reigned 758-64) demonstrating that such roofing was common in the 7-8c. Shops in Kyoto and Nara were also roofed with sogi-ita and secured with bamboo nails called kuredome 榑止. Bamboo and/or thin logs and stones were laid over the shingles to hold them down.

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