kugibori　釘彫

KEY WORD :　architecture / general terms

A hole cutout piece bored on the back of a large, thick, non-penetrating tie beam *nageshi 長押, to reduce the distance for a nail to be hammered into another structural element. For example thick beams like nageshi can be easily hammered to a lintel using this method.

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