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  • Paperback: 140 pages
  • Publisher: Kodansha International Ltd; New edition edition (1 Sep 1995)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 4770019785
  • ISBN-13: 978-4770019783
  • Product Dimensions: 25.8 x 18.5 x 1.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 289,931 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Presents an intimate view of master carpenters at work in the reconstruction of an 8th-century temple in Nara. The book captures the technical side of traditional Japanese techniques as well as the spirit of the craft.
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In most discussions of traditional Japanese architecture, one of the first questions to be raised is why wood has been the primary building material, contrasting so sharply with the Western tradition, whose ancient monuments were almost always of stone and brick, and even with Chinese and Korean architecture, where masonry figures almost as prominently as wood. Read the first page
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4.0 out of 5 stars Overview of Japanese Joinery in Carpentry and Architecture, 18 Feb 1998
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A high-level look at Japanese joinery in carpentry and temple architecture. Good photographs and diagrams. This book would have more meaning to a carpenter as it is not an instruction book to learning and implementing these techniques.
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