Stone cutting - stone cutting

Japanese: 石くばり - いしくばり
Stone cutting - stone cutting

…It refers to the arrangement of natural stones, or the arrangement of such stones. It can also be read as “iwagumi” and called “ishitate” or “ishikubari.” In the “Shukakusho,” there is an article about “ishi wo tamamu” (laying up stones) from the early Heian period, and it is known that Kose no Kanaoka, as the supervisor of Shinsen-en, built the stonework in Shinsen-en, Heian-kyo.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "stone bails" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…自然石を組み合わせて配置したもの,またはその配置をいう。〈いわぐみ〉とも読み,石立て,石くばりとも称する。《拾芥抄》には〈石を畳む〉という平安時代初めの記事が見られ,巨勢金岡(こせのかなおか)が神泉苑監として平安京神泉苑の石組みを行ったことが知られる。…

※「石くばり」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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