棟むね上あげ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

ridgepole-raising; setting up the framework of a house

Refers to the stage in traditional Japanese building when the ridgepole is raised, often marked by a ceremony. Also used more broadly for completing the structural frame.

• 今日きょうは新しん築ちくの棟むね上あげの日ひです。

  Today is the day of the ridgepole-raising for the new house.

• 無ぶ事じに棟むね上あげが終おわってほっとした。

  I was relieved when the framework was safely completed.