gangi hashigo　雁木梯子
KEY WORD :　architecture / general terms
　
Lit. zig-zag ladder. A kind of ladder, hashigo 梯子(see *kaidan 階段), made by cutting steps directly into the surface of a single wide log or a wide piece of timber or by affixing short horizontal pieces or wood to a log. Gangi hashigo were used in the raised-floor rice storehouses takayuka souko 高床倉庫, of the Yayoi period, and have been excavated at the Yamagi 山木 site in Shizuoka prefecture. A more refined version of the ladder is also used at Gekuu Mikeden 外宮御饌殿 in Ise Jinguu 伊勢神宮. It is mentioned also in an account of a vernacular houses *minka 民家, in Akita prefecture, dating from 1785, where it is described as an old style. Gangi hashigo survive in vernacular houses, in Aomori and Iwate prefectures, where they are used to provide access to stable lofts.
　

Old Wakayama 若山 house
Hida minzokumura・Hida no sato
飛騨民俗村・飛騨の里 (Gifu)

　
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