Abstract
"Tsugrte-shikuchi" is the joint technology in Japanese wooden structural building system. There remain 21 manuals about "tsugite-shikuchi" written in around edo period. those manuals explain the level and the standard of the timber joint system at that age in Japanese traditional architectural history. The 129 types of "tsugite-shikuchi" are listed from 21 manuals. They shall be classified to 10 groups. The architectural manuals "tsugite-shikuchi-hinagata" are classified to 4 types according to the bibliography and contents of the manuals.
