Carpentry Tools and the History of Japanese Architecture
10min
Video Library
Our museum displays videos in which such intangible tool techniques are recorded.
As well as the various displays on each floor, group visitors can watch selected videos in our Lecture Theater on 1F, and individual visitors in the library on B2F.
As well as the various displays on each floor, group visitors can watch selected videos in our Lecture Theater on 1F, and individual visitors in the library on B2F.
IntroductionAssembling WoodsTools from Around the WorldSkills of CraftsmenMaintaining ToolsHistory of ToolsMaking Tools 1Making Tools 2The Use of Tools 1The Use of Tools 2
Introduction
Carpenters are amazing!
15min
Japanese Carpentry Tools
The Skills and the Spirit
22min
Japanese Carpentry Tools
The Skills and the Spirit (Short Version)
13min
Master Carpenter
The World of Temple and Shrine Carpenters
23min
Master Carpenter
The World of Temple and Shrine Carpenters (Short Version)
17min
Sukiya Carpenter
The Creator of Beauty
20min
A Carpenter of Shrines and Temples Speaks
18min
Osumi Style Ridgepole Raising Ceremony
5min
Chochikukyo—The Wooden Modernism of Koji Fujii
11min
Kigumi House
90min
Kigumi House (Short Movie)
34min
Assembling Woods
Stepped Gooseneck Splice (shortened version)
9min
Stepped Gooseneck Splice
12min
Rabbeted Oblique Scarf Splice (shortened version)
9min
Rabbeted Oblique Scarf Splice
12min
Mortised Rabbeted Oblique Splice (shortened version)
9min
Mortised Rabbeted Oblique Splice
12min
Beam Connector (shortened version)
9min
Beam Connector
12min
Kyoro Framing Sytem (shortened version)
11min
Kyoro Framing Sytem
14min
Tools from Around the World
Shaving
5min
The Art of Building China’s Ancient Official Structures
19min
Nepalese Woodworking Tools
8min
Nepalase Blacksmiths
9min
Sumba Island in Indonesia — Pointed Roof House and Carpentry Tools
22min
Skills of Craftsmen
Lumbermen in Kiso
8min
Sawyer
22min
Plasterer
21min
Roofing with Bark
24min
Roofing with Wooden Shingles
19min
Making Architectural Metal Works
24min
Shipwright
9min
A Millennium of Tile Roofing-Recreating Ancient Tiles
21min
Hydraulic Lumber
11min
Arrow in a Sake Bottle-Leveraging the Properties of Wood
8min
From Imagination to Actualization-Sakan Craftsman Kusumi Akira
25min
Solecism of Craftsman’s Technique – Sakan Craftsman Kusumi Akira
16min
Heritage of Kumiko Crafts
26min
Maintaining Tools
History of Tools
The Skills in the Jomon Period in Japan
10min
The Reproduction of Ancient Tools
23min
Split Lumber
11min
The History of Japanese Saws
6min
The History of Japanese Planes
6min
Using a Two-man Frame Saw
5min
Wide-bladed Rip Saw
6min
Two-man Cross—cut Saw
4min
Spearhead Plane
3min
Making Tools 1
Making an Inkpot
7min
Making a Carpenter’s Square
10min
Making an Axe
7min
Making an Adze
9min
Adze Makers —Takagi Junichi and Takagi Toshio
17min
Making an Adze Handle
10min
Making a Double—Edged Saw
9min
Making a Lumberjack’s Saw
7min
Rebirth of a Konoha Crosscut Saw — Miyano Tetsunosuke(shortened version)
15min
Rebirth of a Konoha Crosscut Saw -Miyano Tetsunosuke
39min
The Master Sawsmith, Tetsunosuke Miyano
27min
Making a Chisel
9min
Making Tools 2
Making a Plane
8min
The Making of a Plane — Chiyozuru Sadahide, Master Craftsman
21min
Making a Spear-head Plane (Yariganna)
7min
Making a File
8min
Making a Gimlet
7min
A Maker of Genno Hammers -Kozaburo(shortened version)
6min
A Maker of Genno Hammers -Kozaburo
14min
A Husband and Wife Team of Tool Makers
16min
The Science of Echigo Blacksmiths
19min
Kiridashi-Kogatana made by Korehide Chiyozuru
14min
Making a Nail
16min
The Use of Tools 1
The Use of Tools 2
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