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chigiri 千切

Also written 衽. Also called kusabitsugi 楔継 or suriawasetsugi 摺合継. A small wooden spline, cleat, tie, or…

Architecture, Joints
chigiritsugi 千切継 ✓

Also written 衽継 or 膝継. Spline joints using small pieces of wood, tenons inserted into the slots, mortises, cut in…

Architecture, Joints
daiwadome 台輪留

A mite red, right-angle joint used at the corner, sumi 隅, of a building to join a wall plate, *…

Architecture, Joints
dokkohozo 独鈷ほぞ

Also called hikidokko 引独鈷; hikidokko ari 引独鈷蟻. One type of *…

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