^ A-Z Animals, "Uguisu" under "Animals".^ Mysterious Japan, nightingale Floor: Kyoto Japan.Together this means "the sound of a Nightingale from the stretching/swelling/straining ". The latter segment bari ( 張り) comes from haru ( 張る), meaning "to stretch".
Uguisu ( 鶯 or 鴬) refers to the Japanese bush warbler. The English name "nightingale" refers to the Japanese bush warbler, or uguisu, which is a common songbird in Japan. Legend has it that the squeaking floors were used as a security device, assuring that none could sneak through the corridors undetected. An information sign in Nijō castle states that "The singing sound is not actually intentional, stemming rather from the movement of nails against clumps in the floor caused by wear and tear over the years". It seems that, at least initially, the effect arose by chance. It is unclear if the design was intentional. Dry boards naturally creak under pressure, but these floors were built in a way that the flooring nails rub against a jacket or clamp, causing chirping noises.
These floors were used in the hallways of some temples and palaces, the most famous example being Nijō Castle, in Kyoto, Japan. info) are floors that make a chirping sound when walked upon.Nightingale floors ( 鴬張り or 鶯張り, uguisubari ) listen ( help OL5786084W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 85.06 Pages 312 Ppi 400 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0753168359 Urn:lcp:acrossnightingal01hear:epub:f40d23a9-f440-4508-b1f7-3a4d3da3f2b8 Extramarc The Indiana University Catalog Foldoutcount 0 Identifier acrossnightingal01hear Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t6d22mr5b Isbn 1573222259ĩ781573222259 Lccn 2002022339 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.16 Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 20:36:58 Bookplateleaf 0010 Boxid IA119902 Camera Canon 5D City New York DonorĪlibris Edition Uncorrected proof.
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