We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Kiyosi Seike, Professor of Architecture at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, is also an active architect both in Japan and abroad. 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. The drawings and plans are wonderful, and illuminate the Japanese House layout, modularity, proportions, and many structural and ornamental details.

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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. Be prepared to get lost as Brown goes through the assembly process, detailing each step of the erection of the temple, layer by layer, of which there are many.

I’ve been owner-building and learning about western-style carpentry, but the more I see of Japanese carpentry the more intrigued I am.Kyoto was Japan's political and cultural capital for more than a millennium before the dawn of the modern era. The context seems to be the building trade, rather than furniture making, though naturally some of the joints can be used in both. This introduction of Japanese joinery delves into the history and development of Japanese carpentry, and it also reveals many secrets of Japanese joinery.

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. Focusing primarily on a new guesthouse in California, this elegant volume shows how a classic Japanese house can be built to offer the warmth and comfort that modern homemakers require. I’m drawn to Japanese architecture, and have wondered for some time about how I could fit some details into my homestead without it looking too odd. Having a huge passion for joinery and woodcraft, Dorian has been working as a talented woodworker since 2012. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.This introduction to Japanese joinery not only delves into the unique history and development of Japanese carpentry, but also reveals many secrets of Japanese joinery.