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The Genius of Japanese Carpentry : Secrets of an Ancient Craft
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brown, Azby, 1956-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Carpentry--Japan.
- Temples, Buddhist--Design and construction.
- Temples, Buddhist--Japan--Nara-shi--Design and construction.
- Yakushiji (Nara-shi, Japan).
- Carpentry--Design and construction--Japan.
- Carpentry.
- Buddhist temples--Design and construction--Japan.
- Buddhist temples.
- Buddhist monasteries--Japan.
- Buddhist monasteries.
- Local Subjects:
- Carpentry--Japan.
- Temples, Buddhist--Design and construction.
- Temples, Buddhist--Japan--Nara-shi--Design and construction.
- Yakushiji (Nara-shi, Japan).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (304 p.)
- Other Title:
- Genius of Japanese Carpentry
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Tuttle Publishing, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- This new edition of this Azby Brown architectural classic contains a new preface by Brown, fully revised chapters, along 25% new photography and in color for the first time.An extraordinary and ambitious work of architectural reconstruction is underway in twenty-first century Nara. The Genius of Japanese Carpentry is the story of the twelve-hundred-year-old Yakushiji monastery and the dedicated modern-day craftsmen who are working to restore what has been lost to the depredations of time, fire, and warfare.In the eighth century, anonymous carpenters first erected the
- Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Contents; The Genius of Japanese Carpentry; Introduction to the First Edition; Chapter 1 Woodworking in Japan; Chapter 2 The Master Carpenter; Chapter 3 The Yakushiji Project; Chapter 4 Temple Design: The Sanzo - in; Chapter 5 Selecting the Wood: Rules of Thumb; Chapter 6 Fabricating the Parts; Chapter 7 Secrets of Enduring Carpentry; Chapter 8 Tools; Chapter 9 Making a Joint; Chapter 10 Erection of the Picture Hall; Chapter 11 The Ridge Beam Ceremony; Further Reading; Index-Glossary; Back Cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4629-1378-4
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