masugumi 斗組

Keywords
Architecture
General Terms

Also pronounced togumi, sometimes written 枡組. Synonyms are *tokyō 斗きょう or kumimono 組物.

1 A bracket complex. A system of bearing blocks and bracket arms which can be very simple or intricate.

2 Structuring the framework of sliding doors and screens *shōji 障子, *fusuma 襖, or transoms *ranma 欄間 in a square shape.