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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
uchinori 内法 ✓

1 The inside measurement between the inner sides of two posts or pillars *…

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