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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
eriwa 襟輪 ✓

Also called iriwa 入輪. Lit. a collar ring. A collar tenon. It has a step-like piece called a collar, cut on each…

Architecture, Joints
eriwadome 襟輪留

Also called iriwadome 入輪留 or eridome 襟留. Lit. collar miter. An angle joint *…

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