A type of drainage facility for the crouching basin arrangement, in which water flows through a drain hole in the base of a jar buried upside down, so that the sound from the dripping water makes a pleasing reverberation. This device is said to have been placed in gardens since the mid-Edo period. It was originally called horasuimon.
Japanese Garden Dictionary: A Glossary for Japanese Gardens and Their History
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