tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261993076995357307.post7367958911826115611..comments2023-11-05T06:16:56.961-05:00Comments on the Carpentry Way: Japanese Gate Typology (31)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14328401081765407624noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261993076995357307.post-74068173498641594292016-10-07T14:01:04.627-04:002016-10-07T14:01:04.627-04:00Tom,
thanks for the question. If you are asking m...Tom,<br /><br />thanks for the question. If you are asking me as part of your professional work, then please contact me on email and we can discuss further.<br /><br />~CAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14328401081765407624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261993076995357307.post-11590975465405944192016-10-07T12:59:07.013-04:002016-10-07T12:59:07.013-04:00Hi Chris,
The blog is excellent. Thank you!
I'...Hi Chris,<br />The blog is excellent. Thank you!<br />I'm a structural engineer and trying to relate connections to stability. Do you know what connections are traditional at the top of the posts and at the base for a timber hachiman tori. The wedges make sense and it looks like a mortice and tenon at the top of the strut but I cant work out the others.<br />Thanks in advance.<br />TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261993076995357307.post-11120903943486300342013-03-18T22:27:53.285-04:002013-03-18T22:27:53.285-04:00Harlan,
thanks for your comment. In answer to you...Harlan,<br /><br />thanks for your comment. In answer to your question: yes, that is part of it. Torii are located on approach paths to shrines, and many times the path is in the forest, up a mountain, or similarly obscured. With water around the torii, the shrine ahead is likely well-framed and clearly ahead (when approaching by boat).<br /><br />With torii that are placed in the water there is something else suggested as well, besides the framed scene indicating a shrine ahead - the torii appears to float, and this suggests that state between the sacred and the profane, a boundary that is in transformation.<br /><br />~CAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14328401081765407624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261993076995357307.post-71814658086710906872013-03-18T19:10:18.063-04:002013-03-18T19:10:18.063-04:00To my eye the angled posts/curved beam versions ar...To my eye the angled posts/curved beam versions are the most pleasing. What about water installations? In that case is the function to direct or frame the vision of a sacred place, even if that place is not accessible? <br /><br />Peace,<br />Harlan BarnhartAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com