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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
jigokuhozo 地獄ほぞ ✓

Lit. hell tenon. So named because once it is inserted, it is impossible to withdraw. A blind tenon joint with wedges *…

Architecture, Joints
jūhozo  重ほぞ ✓

Also called kasanehozo 重ねほぞ; also ryōhozo 両ほぞ. Lit. a stacked tenon. A tenon with a 2-stepped broad…

Architecture, Joints
tōshi hozo 通しほぞ

Also called tōshi hozosashi 通しほぞ差; uchinuki hozo 打抜ほぞ. A through tenon and mortise angle joint. A…

Architecture, Joints
tsugite 継手 ✓

Also written 接手.

1 A generic term for joinery including spliced and angled joints. When used as a…

Architecture, Joints
tsukitsuke 突付

A simple, basic butt joint. To butt two or more cut timbers end to end. The joint is called dōzuki 胴付 when a cut…

Architecture, Joints

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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