おんぎこうばい

English translation: Fan-shaped slope

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Japanese term or phrase:扇の勾配
English translation:Fan-shaped slope
Entered by: Naoki Watanabe

22:40 Aug 14, 2013
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Architecture
Japanese term or phrase: おんぎこうばい
I'm translating a documentary on a Japanese castle and this is a phrase that comes up that I can't find any information for online. It is referring to the rising-slope shape of the stone wall foundation of the castle tower(天守台). The full phrase as it pans over the slope is "見事な石垣のおんぎこうばい。”

Assuming こうばい is intended here to be 勾配(slope, incline), what is the specific term being used here for this kind of slope? My only assumption is 恩義勾配, but it doesn't appear to be a word.
HankHill
United States
Local time: 09:09
Fan-shaped slope
Explanation:
下方がゆるく上方へ向かって急勾配となる石積みは「扇の勾配」と呼ばれています。
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3Fan-shaped slope
Naoki Watanabe
3curve in sectoral shape
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Fan-shaped slope


Explanation:
下方がゆるく上方へ向かって急勾配となる石積みは「扇の勾配」と呼ばれています。


    Reference: http://www.d1.dion.ne.jp/~mthouse/page1416.htm
    Reference: http://www.tsuyama-kanko.jp/tsuyamajou/t/tsu_021.html
Naoki Watanabe
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curve in sectoral shape


Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumamoto_Castle
http://gobernanzamedioambiental.org/brugger/samurai/Fortress...

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