The Complete Japanese Joinery

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Author Information Dorian Bracht Born in Los Angeles in 1986, Dorian Bract spent his early years in California and Hong Kong. Kyoto was Japan's political and cultural capital for more than a millennium before the dawn of the modern era.

The Art of Japanese Joinery is his first book and is an amalgamation of his knowledge and talent in joinery. In addition to The Genius of Japanese Carpentry, he has written Small Spaces (1993), The Japanese Dream House (2001), The Very Small Home (2005), and Just Enough: Lessons in living green from traditional Japan (2010).The whole of temple construction is documented nicely, but ultimately this is but a small window into that world full of tradition, teachings, and at a fascinating intersection of religion, craft, art, labor, and time. Presenting 48 joints, selected from among the several hundred known and used today, this visually exciting book will please anyone who has ever been moved by the sheer beauty of wood. Len Brackett, rigorously trained as a temple carpenter in Kyoto, has spent decades adapting the ancient Japanese design aesthetic to Western needs.

I have spent much of my short life exploring the intersection of need and creating beauty and harmony. I’ve been owner-building and learning about western-style carpentry, but the more I see of Japanese carpentry the more intrigued I am. She studied at Smith College before receiving her Master of Architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania. However, Brown does a fine job of attempting the lead the reader through the process of the Japanese carpenter, and of the construction process itself, and it is truly fascinating.I really enjoy(ed) reading Just Enough – lessons in living green from traditional japan, also by A Brown. 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.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Nishioka is presented often as a enigmatic master, totally steeped in tradition and often belittling his own skill compared to that of his ancestors, strict and unwavering, yet also generous. If you have any interest in carpentry, timber framing, woodworking, or even Japanese history, I highly recommend this book.If you're looking for a book on traditional Japanese building construction then it falls short, too. Japanese joinery is viewed by many as being an art as well as a craft or trade, and this is borne out by the intricate design and craftsmanship of the joints in this book. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.

Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. The knowledge inside has to be totally fascinating and would open my consciousness to a whole new world. An inspiring testament to the dedication of these craftsmen and their philosophy of carpentry work as a form of personal fulfillment, The Genius of Japanese Carpentry offers detailed documentation of the restoration of this historic building and a moving reminder of the unique cultural continuity found in Japan. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.I’m working with a local carpenter to design and build a small timber framed house (three year ETA), and I am trying to educate myself beforehand on the joinery methods that will be used. It is at this point very clear that the Japanese have achieved nothing short of absolute mastery, as these buildings are an incredible feat of engineering, and the knowledge of wood and total command of simple tools is astonishing.