Opening Event

The skills of shrine carpenters:Timberwork of the bracket comples used in the Golden Hall of Toshodai-ji temple

Lecturer :Ikagaruga Kosha, Tomonori Kitamura (Technical Staff, Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum)
Date and times : 10:00-11:30 and 13:30-15:00,Nov 20(Sat), 2010
Place: Entrance Hall, Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology
Capacity: As appropriate (free entrance, no advanced reservation required)

Talk Event

Assembling disparate pieces of wood

Lecturer : Mitsuo Ogawa (Former-chief of Ikagaruga Kosha)
Date and times : 14:00-16:00, Nov 28(Sun), 2010
Place: A Hall, Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology
Capacity: 150 people (free entrance, no advanced reservation required, first come first served)

Excursion

Toryo carpenters of the Owari and Mikawa provinces and their works

Commentator: Kazuyoshi Fumoto(Professor, Nagoya Institute of Technology)
Date and times: 9:00-17:00, Dec 11(Sat), 2010
Capacity:30people (prior reservation required)

Reservation period:

From September 1st(Wed) to November 12th(Fri), 2010 ※ In case of oversubscription, participants will be chosen by ballot.

Method of reservation:

By email or reply-paid postcard (postcards postmarked with the deadline date will be accepted) ※We are sorry to inform non-Japanese speakers that the tour will only be available in Japanese.

※Details of the tour will be announced on this website in September.

Anniversary lecture

Toryo carpenters of the Owari and Mikawa provinces

Lecturer：Kazuyoshi Fumoto (Professor, Nagoya Institute of Technology)
Date and times: 13:30-15:00, Dec 12(Sun), 2010
Place: A Hall, Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology
Capacity: 150 people (free entrance, no advanced reservation required, first come first served)

Demonstration and workshop

The skills of shrine carpenters

Lecturer: Tomonori Kitamura (Technical Staff, Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum)
Date and times: 13:30-15:00, Nov 21(Sun), Dec 5(Sun) and Dec 19(Sun),2010

Place:

Event Space in the Exhibition Venue, Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology

Topics: the aroma of wood, marking lines with ink (sumi-uchi), shaving with a carpenter’s plane (dai-ganna) and a spear plane (yari-ganna)
Capacity: 20 people (free entrance, no advanced reservation required, first come first served)

Museum talk　

Lecturer : Toryo exhibition plannnar
Date and times : ①10：30～　②13：30～(※except Dec 5,12,19,2010)　③15：30～
　　　　　　　　　Weekends and holidays during the exhibition
Place : Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology
Capacity : As appropriate (free entrance, no advanced reservation required, first come first served)

*Dates and contents of the event may be subject to change. Please check the latest updates on the website.