The way of the carpenter : tools and Japanese architecture / by William H. Coaldrake.

Main entry:

Coaldrake, William Howard, author.

Title & Author:

The way of the carpenter : tools and Japanese architecture / by William H. Coaldrake.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

New York : Weatherhill, 1990.

Description:

viii, 204 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-191) and index.
Preface -- 1. The way of the carpenter -- 2. Men, materials and methods -- 3. The carpenter's set of tools -- 4. The invention and evoluton of tools -- 5. Tools past and present, unique and universal.

Summary:

"The author, the first Westerner to be initiated into a traditional carpentry guild, begins by illuminating the significance of the "way" of the art and craft of carpentry in Japan, revealing the religious rituals that surround the carpenter's tools and the building process as well as the secret traditions and the trade's transmission from master to disciple over the centuries. He discusses the organization of the carpenters' guilds, the apprenticeship system, and the divisions of labor and specialization within the profession. He reviews the materials of Japanese carpentry, the woods the masters worked with, and outlines the primary methods of design and construction - for the traditional master carpenter did both. ..."--Book flap.

ISBN:

0834802317 (paperback)
9780834802315 (paperback)

Subject:

Chōsen Kōgei Kenkyūkai
Carpentry Japan Tools History.
Charpenterie Japon Outillage Histoire.
Carpentry Tools
Werkzeug
Zimmerer
Zimmerhandwerk
Carpentry Tools Japan History
Japan

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 64300
Call No.: ID:91-B1874
Status: Available

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