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jōgi 定規 ✓

A gauge used to confirm the straightness of structural members. A structural member is placed between the two boards of the…

Architecture, Tools
jōshikō ganna 上仕工鉋

Special finishing plane. A smoothing plane used in the final stages of wood preparation to get a glossy surface on timber,…

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