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About kumiko.info.

kumiko.info covers named Japanese lattice patterns, joinery, geometry, and machine translation notes — a reference site, not a workshop, museum shop, or marketplace.

Named lattice patterns, with original geometric plates and Wikimedia Commons photographs, credited. Pattern names follow workshop and catalog usage. Origin centuries are unknown or disputed; see Sources.

Laser-cut sheets are not traditional kumiko: a sheet lattice is a graphic of a pattern, not interlocking members. Makers appear under the names they publish. Images are Commons or original; see CREDITS.md.

Interior at Narai-juku
Narai-juku interior. Photo from the Hida/Narai series on Commons, CC0. A room of fittings.

On the site

Craft, a pattern hub with asanoha, kikkō, mitsukude, and goma/shippō, plus geometry, translation, materials, glossary, news, sources, and a coming-soon shop.

What it is not

Not a substitute for King or Odate, not a set of shop drawings, and not a census of every catalog name.

How it reads

Reference pages with named patterns, geometry, and CNC/laser translation notes.