central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); chief; boss; master carpenter; beams and ridge supports of a roof
jumping about; rampancy; domination
Liang dynasty (China, 502-557)
being rampant; domination
place of assemblage for the bold and ambitious
kaoliang; variety of sorghum, esp. used in making spirits
evildoers being rampant and roaming at will
horizontal beam; stringpiece; trave
arched beam used in shrine and temple construction
Later Liang Dynasty (China, 907-923)
height of a beam; beam as measured from top to bottom
Yanagawa Station (Yamanashi)