TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brown,Azby
AU  - Locher,Mira
TI  - The genius of Japanese carpentry: secrets of an ancient woodcraft 
SN  - 9784805316689
U1  - 694.0952 23/eng/20210827
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - North Clarendon, VT
PB  - Tuttle Publishing
KW  - Yakushiji (Nara-shi, Japan)
KW  - Carpentry
KW  - Japan
KW  - Buddhist temples
KW  - Design and construction
N1  - Includes index
N2  - Over a thousand years ago in Nara, Japan, anonymous carpenters erected a number of temples and pagodas for a newly founded Buddhist monastery known as Yakushiji. Not only is one of those pagodas still standing today, but also surviving are the dedication to quality and the technical skill of its builders as seen in the work of modern-day craftsmen. The Genius of Japanese Carpentry focuses on such practicing carpenters, who combine in their work the timeless past and the living present
ER  -