Japanese Bamboo fences - Part 1
In Japanese gardens as well as in Western gardens, fences can have many different functions – from being mainly practical, subdividing the garden or separating it from the outside being a more decorative element.
Bamboo is a very light and easy to work material. It is strong, yet flexible, which allows for a great variety of practical uses and designs. As a building material for the outside, where it is exposed to sun and rain, it is relatively short-lived. Especially when the bamboo is in direct contact with water or soil, it weathers rapidly. Still, even though a fence may last only around 5 years, it ages gracefully.
Part 1 deals with the most important tall bamboo fences.
Contents:
Introduction
Overview
Chasen- 茶筅垣
- 大徳寺垣
Shiba-gaki (Uguisu-gaki) 柴垣, 鶯垣
- 小柴垣
- 黒文字垣
Takehō-gaki 竹穂垣
Katsura- 桂垣
- 銀閣寺垣
- 建仁寺垣
- 御簾垣
- 南禅寺垣
Numazu-gaki/Ajiro-gaki 沼津垣, 網代垣
Teppō-gaki 鉄砲垣
- 木賊垣
- 袖垣