imotsugi　芋継

KEY WORD :　architecture / joints

Same meaning as imomeji 芋目地. 1　A straight-line, end-to-end blind stub tenon *hozo ほぞ and mortise *hozoana ほぞ穴 joint used in wood construction to attach two members. The butt joint that results is used, for example, in board and batten ceilings *saobuchi tenjou 棹縁天井. See *tsukitsuke 突付, *hagi 矧. 2　Stones, bricks or sods arranged in a straight line is also called imomeji.

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