合掌

Gasshō or gasshou can refer to gasshō (合掌), a position used for greeting in various Buddhist traditions gasshō-zukuri (合掌造), a style of Japanese farmhouses

always salute with gassho (合掌) the greeting commonly used among Buddhist pupils. The gassho-rei(合掌礼) is also gassho-gamae (合掌構) stance, with both palms

frequent heavy snow, characteristically thick thatched roofed gasshō-zukuri (合掌造り) houses were created. With the Hakusan National Park mountain ranges as

machiya houses. Far more common are the sasu (扠首) (also known as gasshou (合掌)) and the odachi types. The odachi style has rafters, crossbeams and short

hanging shrimp binding 逆海老吊り縛り Gyaku ebi tsuri shibari Reverse prayer hands 後手 合掌 縛り – Gote gasshou shibari Arms bound in front 前手 肘 縛り – Maete hiji shibari