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kakemono-mado

Synonym:  oribe-mado hana-akari-mado bokuseki-mado

A type of rustic window Shitaji-mado, which is made to appear as if the laths for a mud plastered wall had not been plastered over, leaving open an unfinished part, set in the side wall of an alcove Tokonoma in tea-ceremony houses or rooms. It is made for lighting so that ink calligraphy on a hanging paper scroll or flowers arranged in a vase are visible. Oribe Furuta drove a bent nail (Asagao-kugi) into a bamboo lath to hold a flower vase.

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