竪たて子ご

noun

lattice; vertical pattern on a shoji

Refers to a vertical lattice or the vertical pattern formed by the thin wooden strips (kumiko) in a shoji screen. A specialized term used in traditional Japanese architecture and woodworking.

• この障しょう子じの竪たて子ごは細こまかい細さい工くが施ほどこされている。

  The vertical lattice of this shoji screen has fine craftsmanship.

• 竪たて子ごの間かん隔かくを均きん等とうに揃そろえるのは熟じゅく練れんの技わざがいる。

  Evenly spacing the vertical lattice strips requires skilled technique.