taiko-otoshi 太鼓落
KEY WORD : architecture / general terms
 
The trimming or hewing of the opposite sides of a log so that the surfaces become flat and parallel making it easier to join it to another member. Examples of members that are attached to taiko-otoshi include: ceiling posts that have one natural surface exposed; logs used as transverse tie beams; and struts attached with a dadoed, half- lapped, half-blind dovetail joint, ariotoshi shiguchi 蟻落仕口 (*ariotoshi 蟻落), with full mortise and tenon, *hozo ana ほぞ穴 ; *hozo ほぞ.
 
 

 
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