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JAANUS

makikanagu 巻金具

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Architecture

Decorations

U-strap. A コ-shaped metal fitting used to secure wooden joints.

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JAANUS is the on-line Dictionary of Japanese Architectural and Art Historical Terminology compiled by Dr. Mary Neighbour Parent.

Originally built by the Atsumi International Scholarship Foundation, it is now hosted and maintained by the Media Center for Art History at Columbia University