Hafu - Hafu

The triangular parts at both ends of a gabled or hip-and-gabled roof. It is also written as hafu. The board attached to the hypotenuse of the triangle is called a gable board, and its apex is called an ogami. A gable board is a decorative board attached to hide the rafters of the gable. A decoration attached below the rafter to hide the end of the ridgepole is called a gegyo, and a decoration in the middle of the gable board that hides the end of the ridgepole is called a kudarigegyo. The triangular part cut in the middle of the roof curve is also called a suehafu or chidorihafu. When a eaves is extended from the tip of the roof curve, the gable part is called a sugaruhafu. There are three types of gables: straight gables, curved gables with both ends curving up, and upturned gables with an upward curve in the middle. The inverted gables often seen at entrances such as the front door are called kara gables.

[Kudou Yoshiaki]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

切妻(きりづま)造や入母屋(いりもや)造の屋根の両端の三角部分。搏風(はふ)とも書く。三角形の斜辺に相当するところにつく板を破風板とよび、その頂点を拝(おが)みと称する。破風板は妻の垂木(たるき)を隠すためにつけられた飾り板で、棟木の木口を隠すために拝みの下に取り付ける飾りを懸魚(げぎょ)、破風板の中ほどにあって、もやの木口を隠す飾りを降懸魚(くだりげぎょ)という。屋根の流れの中間にあけられた三角部分は据(すえ)破風または千鳥(ちどり)破風ともいう。屋根の流れの先端からさらに庇(ひさし)を出したときの妻の部分は縋(すがる)破風とよばれる。破風の形には、直線的な直(すぐ)破風、両端が反り上がる反(そり)破風、中間が上向きに曲がる起(むく)り破風があり、玄関など入口によくみられる反転する形の破風は、とくに唐(から)破風という。

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