Tripod head

Japanese: 雲台 - うんだい

〘noun〙① A high platform. Also, a building built on top of it. Takadono. *Honcho Monsui (c. 1060) vol. 13 - Suzaku-in's Eight Complimentary Lectures〈Oe No Ito〉 "The sandalwood wind blows, I came out from _{the two} cloud platforms, _one below"② A platform built in the palace by Emperor Ming of the Later Han Dynasty in China. Portraits of 28 meritorious vassals who founded the country (the Twenty-Eight Cloud Platform Generals) were painted on the inner wall. Cloud Pavilion. ③ A platform attached to a tripod on which a camera is placed. The camera can be fixed so that it faces in any direction.

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 高い台。また、その上に建てた建物。高殿。※本朝文粋（1060頃）一三・朱雀院被修御八講願文〈大江維時〉「栴檀風吹自出_二雲台之下_一」② 中国、後漢の明帝が宮中に建てた台。中の壁に建国の功臣二八人の肖像（雲台二十八将）を描いた。雲閣。③ 三脚の上にとりつけて、カメラを載せる台。カメラを任意の方向に向けて固定することができる。

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