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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
isshi 一枝 1 Measurement from rafter center to rafter center.
2 The sum of the width and height of a rafter.
Architecture, Measurement
itojaku 糸尺

Lit. string plus shaku. A measurement that equals 30.3 cm or about one foot. It is the term used to measure the…

Architecture, Measurement
kakego zukuri 掛子造 ✓

A method of measurement used to determine the size of a small, 1-bay wide shrine building *…

Architecture, Measurement
komajaku 高麗尺

An ancient unit of length which was imported from the Korean kingdom of Koguryo (Jp: Kōkuri 高句麗), equivalent to…

Architecture, Measurement

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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