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hakogata jōgi 箱型定規

Box-shaped measuring tool used when inking and marking off a pillar in order to fit the horizontal beams surrounding a…

Architecture, Tools
hanamarunoko 鼻丸鋸

Also known as anahikinoko 穴挽鋸. A round-nose roughing saw. The name is derived from the shape of the top of the…

Architecture, Tools
hibukuraganna 布倉鉋 A side-shaving plane. A plane used for smoothing and finishing the sides of a groove. Usually two of these planes are… Architecture, Tools
hidensho 秘伝書

Lit. secret hereditary writings. A manual which describes carpentry techniques developed by the master carpenters…

Architecture, Tools
hikimawashi-noko 挽廻鋸

A coping saw. A saw used to cut curves in wood. The blade is very narrow so as to allow free movement when cutting. It…

Architecture, Tools
hiraganna 平鉋 ✓

A smoothing plane. The hiraganna is used for smoothly planing the surface of a board or pillar. Of the many types…

Architecture, Tools
hironomi 広鑿

Lit. wide chisel. A type of striking chisel *tatakinomi 叩鑿, with a blade-…

Architecture, Tools
hosonoko 細鋸

Also known as osaehikinoko 押挽鋸. A thin bladed crosscut saw used to make a plane (see *…

Architecture, Tools
kamakebiki 鎌毛引

A double-line marking gauge with an iron handle bent into an L-shape where the marking blade is attached. The iron handle is…

Architecture, Tools
kanazuchi 金槌

A carpenter's hammer with an iron head. It differs from the steel double faced hammer *…

Architecture, Tools
kane-no-te 矩の手

An architecutural element which incorporates a right angle. For example, a corridor with a right angle bend is referred to…

Architecture, Tools
kanejaku 曲尺 ✓

A carpenter's square. It has a long side, about 49 cm, and a short side about 24 cm, and looks like an L shaped ruler. Also…

Architecture, Tools
kanna 鉋

A plane, used to shave away the surface of timber to get a smooth finish. In Japan, where most buildings in pre-Meiji…

Architecture, Tools
kebiki 毛引

A marking gauge. A tool used to draw accurate, straight lines on the surface of timber. The marking blade is fixed to the…

Architecture, Tools
kiri 錐

A gimlet. A tool used to bore holes in timber by rotating the blade tip. Gimlets are divided into three types depending on…

Architecture, Tools
kiwaganna 際鉋

A plane used for shaving and finishing the sides of a mortise or an internal angle. There is a plane for left-side cutting…

Architecture, Tools
kizuchi 木槌

A mallet that is usually made of oak or holly. It is used in cases where a metal hammer such as the *…

Architecture, Tools
kotenomi 鏝鑿

A trowel chisel. A type of paring chisel *tsukinomi 突鑿, with…

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