斗ときょう

noun

bracket arm; supporting block for eaves

Architectural term for a wooden bracket or block used in traditional Japanese temple and shrine construction to support deeply overhanging eaves. Often part of a complex bracket system (斗栱).

• このお寺てらの斗ときょうは、複ふく雑ざつで美うつくしい組くみ方かたになっている。

  The bracket arms of this temple are assembled in a complex and beautiful way.

• 斗ときょうは、軒のきを深ふかく出だすために欠かかせない構こう造ぞう部ぶ材ざいだ。

  Bracket arms are essential structural members for extending the eaves deeply.