sasuzao 扠首竿
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Also 扠首棹. The diagonal braces used to form the triangular frame in many gable pediments *tsuma 妻, and on top of transverse-beams to support the ridge in temples, shrines and folk dwellings. Bracket complexes, *tokyou 斗きょう are usually set over the peak of the triangular frame.
 
 

 
REFERENCES:
*inokosasu 豕扠首, *sasugumi 扠首組, *sasuzuka 扠首束
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