Hi Brad,

okay, I hope that sawdust clears. Yeah, I was referring to keta layout, though the hari may also be flipped on its side for certain layout too - and the hari is not connected to the keta for this.

The hikari-ita is the transfer board (hika(ru) means "to measure" and ita means "board.

Chris

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