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.