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A stone cutting technique for paving stones. According to certain tea ceremony sources various sized stones were used for tea ceremony gardens as well as gravel paving, *ishidan Ξ’i, and *nobedan ‰„’i, Nobedan are natural stones and gravel arranged into a style called *ararekoboshi θΕ—λ‚΅. Shiki-ishi also incorporates processed stones to produce various patterns: grid paving gobanmejiki Œι”Υ–Ϊ•~; stones arranged in rows heiretsujiki •ΐ—ρ•~; straight line paving chokuretsushiki ’Ό—ρ•~; diamond joint paving shihanmeshiki Žl”Ό–Ϊ•~. Sometimes small rectangular stones lined up in rows, or in a straight line. Another pattern is called the cracked-ice pattern *hyouretsumon •X—τ•Ά, because it has irregular cracks like those found in ice. There is also a hexagonal pattern.
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hyouretsu •X—τF Shuuentei γΪ‰“’ΰ (Hyougo
*hyouretsumon •X—τ•ΆFShuuentei γΪ‰“’ΰ (Hyougo)

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