by passers-by for several days (punishment by sawing; nokogiribiki [ja] (鋸挽き). These unusual punishments were abolished in the early Meiji era. A similar...

"double blade". There is a cross-cutting (yokobiki) 横挽き blade on one side and a ripping (tatebiki )縦挽き blade on the other. Ryoba saws are often described...

two main kinds of cutting teeth on Japanese saws: crosscut (横挽き, yokobiki) and rip (縦挽き, tatebiki). The rip and crosscut are combined in one blade, known...

courtesy Toba Sea-Folk Museum, Toba, Mie Ōmi Kōka rip saw tools and goods (近江甲賀の前挽鋸製造用具及び製品, ōmikōka no maebikinoko seizō yōgu oyobi seihin) 1.2, 2.4, 2.6 945...