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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
wakiganna 脇鉋

A plane used to smooth the sides of a groove, particularly in a doorsill or lintel, after the base plane, *…

Architecture, Tools
warikebiki 割毛引

Lit. "splitting gauge." The splitting gauge is used to mark thin pieces of wood along the grain so that it can be broken…

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