Architectural brackets

Japanese: 建築組物 - けんちくくみもの

It consists of a masu (a bracket) and a hijiki (a bracket) on a pillar in Chinese architecture, and refers to the part that supports the weight of the eaves. It is also called a tokiyo or masu-gumi. There are various names depending on how the masu and hijiki are combined. A bracket that simply places a bracket on a pillar is called a fune-hijiki, a bracket that places a bracket on one masu is called a daito-hijiki, and a bracket with three masu on top of that is called a mitsudo-gumi. A bracket that extends forward at a right angle from the wall is called a tesaki-gumimono, a mitsudo-gumi with a bracket extending forward and a masu on top is called a demitsudo, and a bracket with a set of masu and hijiki on top of the next masu is called a degumi-gumi.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国系建築の柱上にある斗（ます）と肘木（ひじき）とからなり，軒の重荷をささえる部分をいう。斗栱（ときよう），斗組（ますぐみ）などともいう。斗と肘木との組合せ方によっていろいろの名称がある。柱上に肘木をおくだけのものを舟肘木，斗一つの上に肘木をおくものを大斗（だいと）肘木，その上に斗を三つおくものを三斗（みつど）組という。壁から直角に前方へ出たものを手先（てさき）の組物といい，三斗組で前方に肘木を出し，先に斗をのせたものを出三斗（でみつど），その先の斗の上に1組の斗と肘木をのせたものを出組（でぐみ）という。

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