three sides of the heijo property were surrounded by mountains and one open side was facing south , which was considered to be positive according to feng shui . 平城の地は、三方が山に囲まれ南が開け、占いにもかなっている。
the part looking like a bowl with its open side down is called a " fukubachi " (a rounded base ), and the part connecting them a " kakikubi " (neck-like part under a bulbous-topped post , giboshi ). 下にあるお椀を伏せたような部分を「覆鉢」、間をつなぐくびれた部分を「欠首」という。
in drawings of the tang period , one can see that many guarding officers and kangan (eunuchs ) wore these robes with ketteki (1 . unstitched , open-sided traditional japanese clothing , or clothing with such an open side; or 2 . a robe worn by military officials with a round collar , unstitched open sides and no ran ) and civil officers used hoeki no ho with ran , but it wasn ' t necessarily appropriate to suggest so . 唐代の絵画によると警衛のものや宦官などが闕腋のうわぎを用い、文官などが有襴の縫腋袍を用いる例が多いが、すべてが沿うとも言い切れない。
