階隠し

はしかくし

Also written はしがくし

Meanings

1. Noun pent roof built atop the stairs of a shrine or a building in a classic aristocratic villa See also: 寝殿造 (しんでんづくり). See also: 向拝 (ごはい).

Kanji

• 階 floor
• 隠 hide. Read as かくし.

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