The Complete Japanese Joinery

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There’s a lot of mystique surrounding Japanese carpentry and temple construction, and for good reason. After finishing school, he embarked on an apprenticeship in Leipzig Germany to learn how to build Japanese shoji and fusuma sliding doors, as well as solid wood furniture. There is plenty more, no doubt, that is not presented in this book, but it is difficult to find too much fault.

Comment on this post, and tell us one reason why you’re excited about adding this book to your collection. Overview: A must-read to learn about the most venerated wood craftsman in Japan: Tsunekazu Nishioka.A native of New Orleans, he has lived in Japan since 1985 and is currently on the sculpture faculty of Musashino Art University in Tokyo. They can be applied to projects as large as the buildings for which most of them were originally devised or as small as a sewing box. Brought two copies (one new, one used)as a gift for an arquitect friend who is a rabid fan of woodwork, and for myself, out of curiosity based on prevous rather superficial acquaintance with some aspects of Japanes culture.

After working for Team Zoo Atelier Mobile in Japan for seven years, she set up an architectural practice in the U.We also use them to help detect unauthorized access or activity that violate our terms of service, as well as to analyze site traffic and performance for our own site improvement efforts. In this post, you’ll find my review of Azby Brown’s The Genius of Japanese Carpentry, and details for how you can enter to win your own copy. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Overview: The tools, techniques and philosophies that make Japan’s unique woodworking culture so special. It does not focus on tool use per se, but beautifully conveys the structural logic and reasoning that lie behind the joints and connections themselves.

The book briefly covers some of the principles which traditional carpenters adhere to, and the personal history and background of Nishioka himself, all of which is very interesting but not too-deeply covered. The photos (both color and black and white) are fantastic, as are the highly intricate drawings of the Picture Hall assembly.I’ve been owner-building and learning about western-style carpentry, but the more I see of Japanese carpentry the more intrigued I am.