teppougaki　鉄砲垣

KEY WORD :　architecture / gardens

Lit. musket fence. A type of *sodegaki 袖垣 or *oogaki 大垣 in which long and short tubes of thick bamboo madake 真竹 resembling musket barrels are fixed along smaller horizontal bars. Usually odd-numbered groups are set alternately in front of and in back of the horizontal frame.

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