| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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… |
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| 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… |
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| 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… |
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| 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… |
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| hiraganna 平鉋 | ✓ | A smoothing plane. The hiraganna is used for smoothly planing the surface of a board or pillar. Of the many types… |
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| hironomi 広鑿 | Lit. wide chisel. A type of striking chisel *tatakinomi 叩鑿, with a blade-… |
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| hosonoko 細鋸 | Also known as osaehikinoko 押挽鋸. A thin bladed crosscut saw used to make a plane (see *… |
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| tako 蛸 | ✓ | A tool called a "punner" in English, used to pound down broken stones laid below the foundation of a building. It consists… |
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| tatakinomi 叩鑿 | A striking chisel. The primary structural elements in Japanese wooden buildings are pillars and beams, and not supporting… |
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| tatebikinoko 縦挽鋸 | A ripsaw. A saw used to cut timber in the same direction as the wood grain. There are various types of ripsaw including: the… |
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| to-ishi 砥石 | A whetstone, grinder, or grindstone. A tool used to sharpen the blade of a plane or chisel. Carpenters used a set of ranging… |
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| tsubanomi 鐔鑿 | Lit. "sword-guard chisel." The chisel used to make the hole needed to drive a Japanese nail wakugi 和釘 into a piece… |
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| tsuchi 槌 | A hammer or mallet. Tsuchi are subdivided into various types according to its use. The *… |
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| tsukinomi 突鑿 | A paring chisel that shaves a timber entirely by hand pressure. Chisels called *tatakinomi… |
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