What kaneore means
Kaneore means turning at a right angle, said of walls or buildings. It is also written kaneori. The kane is the carpenter's square, and the word describes a turn like its right angle; kagi-no-te, hook-shaped, is used in the same sense.
In cultural property records it often describes how a wall runs, how buildings join or how rooms are arranged. A wall that turns at the corner of a property, or two buildings joined in an L, are said to continue or connect in kaneore.
Reading the records
The earthen wall of the former Fujimura family house, now the Tamura family house, in Nonoichi, Ishikawa, runs from either side of the front gate on the old Hokkoku highway and turns at right angles to the southern boundary, 34 metres in all. At the Kamebishi soy sauce works in Higashikagawa, Kagawa, the record says the former No. 4 storehouse joins the former No. 6 storehouse at a right angle to its south.
Lengths in records are often given as the total length including the turns. On site, locate where a wall or building changes direction and compare it with the site plan.
References
- 旧藤村家住宅（田村家住宅）土塀｜国指定文化財等データベース（文化庁）
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/bsys/maindetails/101/00013714
- かめびし旧四号蔵及び旧六号蔵｜国指定文化財等データベース（文化庁）
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/bsys/maindetails/101/00003615
Last verified: 2026.09.27