壁かべ代しろ

noun

curtain separating central room from aisles (palatial-style architecture)

Technical term in traditional Japanese palatial architecture (shinden-zukuri). Refers to a curtain hung between the moya (母屋, core room) and the hisashi (庇, surrounding aisle).

See also: 母屋 (もや) · 庇

• 寝しん殿でん造づくりでは、母も屋やと庇ひさしの間あいだに壁かべ代しろを垂たらして間ま仕じ切きりとした。

  In shinden-zukuri, a kabeshiro curtain was hung between the moya and the hisashi to partition the space.