The Textbook of Architecture

Glossary · D

Doukou

The module of Qing official architecture (1734): the width of the slot in the great bearing block, in eleven grades.

See also: Cai

Where it appears in the book

In the chapters China, Japan and Korea.

A feature of Chinese architecture.

Nearby in the glossary

Double dome · Double pile · Double-jamb doorway · Dougong · Drift · Dromos · Drum · Duck