thick shingle roofing; roofing with thick shingles
A traditional Japanese roofing technique using thick wooden shingles (栩板). Commonly found on shrine buildings, Noh stages, and other traditional structures. The term can refer to both the method and the resulting roof.
See also: 栩板
The thick-shingled roof of this shrine needs re-roofing every few decades.
The roof of the Noh stage is thick-shingled, giving it a distinctive sense of solidity.
Variant spelling without okurigana, also seen in technical contexts.
栩 (とち) refers to the Japanese horse-chestnut or a type of thick board, and 葺き (ぶき) comes from 葺く (to roof, to thatch). The term describes roofing with thick wooden shingles.