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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
rantsugi 乱継

Lit. "random joints." Various types of architectural joints that can be either dovetail *…

Architecture, Joints
ryakukama 略鎌

Lit. "abbreviated gooseneck joint." An elongated halving joint. The desired length of timber is cut in half lengthwise. The…

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