Ebisu Pillar

Japanese: えびす柱 - えびすばしら
Ebisu Pillar

...Making a single main pillar especially thick was common in farmhouses and townhouses from the mid-Edo period onwards, and in earlier times, several thick pillars were used around the dirt floor to support both ends of a thick beam. In some regions, these are called koguro, ebisu-bashira, kojin-bashira, yomego-bashira, etc. Making the main pillar especially thick arose from the need to support the thick sashi-kamoi (lintels) used around the living room where the hearth was located, but this trend was further promoted by the fact that thick main pillars and sashi-kamoi (lintels) symbolised family status and wealth. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Ebisu Pillar" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…家のなかで大黒柱1本だけを特に太くするのは江戸時代中期以降の農家や町家に多く見られ,より古い時期には,太い梁の両端を支えるための太い柱が土間の周囲などに何本も使われた。これらを,小黒,えびす柱,荒神柱,よめご柱などと呼ぶ地方がある。大黒柱だけを特に太くするのは,囲炉裏のある居間の周囲の鴨居(かもい)に太い差(さし)鴨居を使うようになり,差鴨居を支える必要から起こったのであるが,太い大黒柱や差鴨居が家格や富を象徴したことが,その傾向をいっそう助長した。…

※「えびす柱」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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