1 A term used to count the number of steps of a bracket complex. For example, futatesaki 二手先, mitesaki 三手先, etc. See *futatesakigumi 二手先組, *mitesaki tokyō 三手先斗きょう, *tokyō 斗きょう.
2 The leaf in a folding door that is the furthest from the leaf with the pivot hinges *jikuzuri 軸吊. It is also called the closing leaf. The pivot hinge leaf is the closest to the frame and is called tsurimoto 吊元. A two-leafed door with pivot hinges is called tesaki karado 手先唐戸 or tesaki for short. The stiles of the leaf that do not have pivot hinges are called tesaki gamachi 手先框. See *karado 唐戸, *sangarado 桟唐戸.
Senshūji Nyoraidō 専修寺如来堂 (Mie)
3 The edges of the hinged doors on a storehouse *dozō 土蔵, that have stepped moldings attached. Two-stepped tesaki are called tesaki nijū 手先二重 and 3-stepped tesaki are called tesaki sanjū 手先三重.