kanji kakine_Kaki / Fence

Kaki or Kakine is an architectural element that marks area boundaries, and traditionally bamboo is used in Japan.

Design & Style

  • Takho-gaki illustration

    Takeho-gaki

    Takeho-gaki is made of bundled bomboo twigs instead of tree twigs. Katsuraho-gaki at Katsuara Imperial Village in Kyoto is the archetype of Takeho-gaki.

  • Shiba-gaki illustration

    Shiba-gaki

    Shiba-gaki is made of vertically installed tree twigs with horizontal supports keeping them in place. For preservation and aethetic reasons, simple eaves are sometimes installed on the top.

  • Koetsuji-gaki illustration

    Koetsuji-gaki

    Koetsu-gaki is named after Koetsu-ji Temple in Kyoto and made of bundled split bamboos on the top with round bamboos woving diamond shaped lattice framework to allow views through it.

  • Kennin-ji Gaki illustration

    Kennin-ji-gaki

    Kennin-ji-gaki is made of halved or quartered bomboos placed vertically without a gap with horizontally placed bamboos keeping everything in place.

  • Yotsume-gaki illustration

    Yotsume-gaki

    Yotsume-gaki is the simplest type of bamboo fence, whose horizontal and vertical members form rectangular grids.

Gallery

  • Koetsu-gaki at Hokoku-ji Temple

    Koetsu-gaki
    Hokoku-ji in Kamakura

  • Koetsu-gaki at Jomyo-ji Temple

    Koetsu-gaki
    Jomyo-ji in Kamakura

  • Koetsu-gaki at Ryoan-ji Temple

    Koetsu-gaki
    Ryoan-ji in Kamakura

  • Shiba-gaki at Ghio-ji Temple

    Shiba-gaki
    Ghio-ji in Kyoto

  • Shiba-gaki at Katsura Temple

    Shiba-gaki
    Katsura Imperial Palace in Kyoto

  • Takeho-gaki at Katsura Temple

    Takeho-gaki
    Katsura Imperial Palace in Kyoto