Glossary · D
Dougong
Also called tou-kung, bracket set, bracket sets, puzuo, dougongs
A bracket set: a cluster of bearing blocks (dou) and arms (gong), sometimes with slanting levers (ang), stacked on a column head or between columns to carry the eaves and gather the roof load onto the columns. Called puzuo in the Song, tokyō or kumimono in Japan, gongpo in Korea.
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters China, Japan and Korea.
A feature of Chinese architecture.
Nearby in the glossary
Double coding · Double dome · Double pile · Double-jamb doorway · Doukou · Drift · Dromos · Drum