If you’ve ever wondered what stands behind the smooth, exquisite surfaces of Japanese craft and architecture, an exhibition that celebrates Japanese carpentry tools and techniques provides many ...

With forest covering two-thirds of the Japanese archipelago, Japan's celebrated carpentry culture is rooted in a profound respect for nature and trees. The exhibition uncovers more than 1,000 years of ...

The tea house at the Portland Japanese Garden is set back modestly in a rustic grove away from the main path that leads visitors through the grander The tea house, though, is meant for quiet ...

TOKYO — Heisei Corporation, a small construction company in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, has a pool of 220 carpenters, many with graduate degrees from the country’s top schools, such as the ...

To mark both the 10th anniversary of the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and the 50th anniversary of its landmarked headquarters building in Manhattan, the Japan Society is offering a new exhibition ...

‘When Practice Becomes Form: Carpentry Tools From Japan,” the exhibition now on view at New York’s Japan Society, has a title so modest as to be misleading. By this standard, “The Joy of Cooking” ...

Japanese carpenters can tell you a lot about a piece of lumber just by looking at it. They can see which is the root end and which the branch end, whether a log might twist as it ages, and where it is ...

In homage to the Japanese master carpenters – builders of renowned shrines, temples, and teahouses – the exhibition features a full-scale model of the Sa-an Teahouse, originally designed in the late ...

Close-up of full scale model of Engaku-ji Temple Shariden interlocking bracket complex made of Hinoki cypress (Courtesy of Ikaruga-Kōsha) A standard set of tools, installation view at the Takenaka ...

The Carpenters' Line is the first ever exhibition in the UK to explore Hida's master carpentry and offers visitors the opportunity to view exhibits hard to find outside of Japan, such as a yatai, an ...

With forest covering two-thirds of the Japanese archipelago, Japan's celebrated carpentry culture is rooted in a profound respect for nature and trees. The exhibition focuses on three core aspects of ...

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles is excited to announce the upcoming opening of “Masters of Carpentry: Melding Forest, Skill and Spirit,” an exhibition honoring ...