大和やまと比ひ

noun

silver ratio; Yamato ratio

A specific proportion used in traditional Japanese architecture and design, often contrasted with the golden ratio. Also known as the silver ratio (1:√2).

See also: 白銀比

• 法ほう隆りゅう寺じの建けん築ちくには大和やまと比ひが用もちいられていると言いわれる。

  It is said that the Yamato ratio is used in the architecture of Hōryū-ji.

• 大和やまと比ひは白はく銀ぎん比ひとも呼よばれ、日本にほん独どく自じの美び意い識しきを表あらわす。

  The Yamato ratio, also called the silver ratio, represents a uniquely Japanese aesthetic sense.