Thin wood

Japanese: 薄経木 - うすきょうぎ
Thin wood

…It first appeared around the 15th century, and further improvements were made to make products as thin as paper by the end of the Edo period. Nowadays, all pieces of wood are called kirigi, and they are divided into thick kirigi and thin kirigi. Thick kirigi is used as a material for traditional folding boxes and bent objects, but it was also once important as a material for tsukegi. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "thin wood chips" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…それは15世紀ごろに登場し,さらにくふうが施されて幕末には紙のように薄い製品ができるようになる。そして,現在では片木一般を経木と呼び,それを厚経木と薄経木に区分するようになった。厚経木は昔ながらの折箱や曲物(まげもの)の素材とされるが,かつては付木(つけぎ)の材料としても重要であった。…

※「薄経木」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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