寄よせ木ぎ造づくり

noun

joined-block construction; yosegi-zukuri

A traditional Japanese woodworking technique where a statue, especially a Buddhist image, is carved from multiple blocks of wood joined together. The term is primarily used in art history and sculpture contexts.

• この仏ぶつ像ぞうは寄よせ木ぎ造づくりで作つくられている。

  This Buddhist statue is made using the joined-block construction technique.

• 寄よせ木ぎ造づくりは平へい安あん時じ代だい後こう期きに発はっ展てんした技ぎ法ほうだ。

  Yosegi-zukuri is a technique that developed in the late Heian period.