chigiritsugi　千切継

KEY WORD :　architecture / joints

Also written 衽継 or 膝継. Spline joints using small pieces of wood, tenons inserted into the slots, mortises, cut in corresponding shapes on the timbers to be joined. The spline derives its basic shape from combining the narrow ends of two dovetails. There are various types, for example, the bow-tie spline kinekata 杵形 and the dumbbell spline areigata 亜鈴形. If the splines join timbers parallel to the grain, the spline is usually lengthened.

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