yokogi　横木

KEY WORD :　architecture / tea houses

Also hikigi 引木 Lit. horizontal timber. Although the term yokogi can refer to any horizontal timber, it is often used specifically for a strip of wood set horizontally beneath the partial wall erected between the middle post *nakabashira 中柱 and the wall of a tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室. It serves as both a support and finishing strip for the wall above the opening. The yokogi is approximately 66 - 68cm above floor level. When this same member is made of bamboo, it is called *hikidake 引竹. Example: Daitokuji Ryuukouin Mitsu-an, 大徳寺龍光院密庵, Kyoto.

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