Comments on: Gables – Irimoyahafu v’s Chidorihafu

By: admin

admin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:31:42 +0000

Thanks for dropping by Tornadoes28,

I’m glad you got something out of it, it’s hardly a topic that sets the world ablaze.

btw, I visited your site way back because you’d done some posts on Katen no shiro. You know, I still haven’t seen it!! Sometimes, I surprise even myself.

By: Tornadoes28

Tornadoes28 — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:00:41 +0000

Thank you for this information on the gables. Although I had heard of gables before, I was not familiar with them, especially in respect to Japanese castles.

By: admin

admin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:58:36 +0000

Haha!

Deep down I know it strange for me to like castles so much, and also your blog is of a far more sophisticated nature. So it was my own insecurities that led me to think I was on the receiving end of a baka ni shita.

Anyway, that was good for a laugh.

By: Toranosuke

Toranosuke — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:48:34 +0000

Haha. I included the word “truly” in order to try to avoid it potentially sounding like sarcasm. I guess I failed at that. In all honesty, geeky and bizarre as it may seem – architectural terminology being, arguably, a relatively dry subject – I’m quite interested to learn about it, and I find you’re making it interesting and not dry at all.

By: admin

admin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:07:16 +0000

10 points to you Toranosuke!

You “truly love … posts … clearing up details of architectural terminology”? Alarms are going off in my head. sarcasm?

Over entrance ways or tacked-on toward the upper levels of a tower, karahafu are one of the more pleasing-looking features.

Thanks for getting involved.

By: Toranosuke

Toranosuke — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:49:29 +0000

I truly love these kinds of posts, clearing up details of architectural terminology. Thanks so much! and keep it up!

As for the main tower in the background, an undulating karahafu gable is clearly visible. I’m most used to thinking of them as being over entranceways, i.e. on the ground level, but this one seems to serve only a decorative purpose.