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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
ususoko 臼底

Also written 臼当; also called dōzuki 胴付. The recessed surface of a wooden member that surrounds a protruding tenon…

Architecture, Joints
uwaki 上木

Also pronounced uwagi.

1 The uppermost timber of two joined structural elements. Often…

Architecture, 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