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Architecture
Joints
A half-lapped, half-blind, tenoned dovetail joint. The indented piece is cut with a bench (hip, koshi 腰), open in the center to receive the half blind tenon mechigai 目違. The dovetail and half blind tenons fit into a dovetail-shaped cavity. Besides having a half blind tenon, the tenoned piece also has extended shoulders which rest on the benches on each side of the opening for the blind tenon and the dovetail. The same principle applies to the half-lapped, half-blind, tenoned gooseneck joint *mechigaihozotsuki kamatsugi 目違ほぞ付鎌継.
