March 17, 2017

EDO - yaraigaki fences

https://edoflourishing.blogspot.jp/2013/10/kaki-kakine-hedge-fence.html.............................................................................................................................................


yaraigaki矢来垣, ootsugaki 大津垣 Otsugaki, Lit. Ootsu fence



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chousengaki 朝鮮垣, and chousen yarai 朝鮮矢来 (chosen yarai, Korean fence).
A type of simple wooden fence. In 1711 a Korean mission traveling from Ootsu 大津 to Edo attracted so much attention that the government ordered people to erect fences along the road on which the Koreans passed. These fences were made with pieces of uncut bamboo tied on intersecting diagonals between two or three cross bars of split bamboo. Often the projecting bamboo at the top is cut to create a sharp edge.
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. Yaraicho 矢来町 - "Palisade quarter" in Edo .

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Ushigome Yaraicho 矢来町 - "Palisade quarter"
yarai - short arched (traditionally bamboo) fence around walls of traditional townhouses
With a legend about the lord of Wakasa, Sakai.
During a great fire the Shogun's castle had burned down and Shogun Iemitsu sought refuge in the estate of Sakai. To protect him, his men thrust their lances in the ground to make a sort of fence.

https://edoflourishing.blogspot.jp/2017/03/ushigome.html
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