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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
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
tōshi hozo 通しほぞ

Also called tōshi hozosashi 通しほぞ差; uchinuki hozo 打抜ほぞ. A through tenon and mortise angle joint. A…

Architecture, Joints
tsugite 継手 ✓

Also written 接手.

1 A generic term for joinery including spliced and angled joints. When used as a…

Architecture, Joints
tsukitsuke 突付

A simple, basic butt joint. To butt two or more cut timbers end to end. The joint is called dōzuki 胴付 when a cut…

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