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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
gagari 鋸賀利

A heavy duty ripsaw. It is similar to a coarse, ordinary, standard ripsaw that cuts along the wood grain except that the…

Architecture, Tools
gangi 雁木

Also written 岸岐.

1 1) A general term for any architectural element built in a stepped or zigzag…

Architecture, Folk Dwellings, Tools
gennō 玄能

A type of hammer with an iron head and an oak handle. The gennō is used to strike a chisel or plane, or to…

Architecture, Tools
oga 大鋸

Also pronounced ōga. A ripsaw thought to have been introduced to Japan from China at the beginning of the 15th…

Architecture, Tools
oni-arashikō ganna 鬼荒仕工鉋

A preliminary roughing plane. The oni-arashiko ganna has only a single cutting blade, expressed as ichimaiganna…

Architecture, Tools
ono 斧

An ax. The ax has existed since the Stone Age, and was one of the earliest implements used by man. Its design was improved,…

Architecture, Tools

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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