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A traditional Japanese torii gate. Slightly below the top rail is a second horizontal rail, called nuki, which is an example of a nuki joint. Nuki is a Japanese style of carpentry joint connection. Nuki joints are common in Japanese and oriental carpentry, and comprise one of the simplest structural connectors. [1]
Wagoya type traditional roof framing, a post-and-lintel type of framing. Yogoya type traditional roof framing, called western style. Japanese carpentry was developed more than a millennium ago that is known for its ability to create everything from temples to houses to tea houses to furniture by wood with the use of few nails.
Kumiko panels from c. 1921. The designs for kumiko-pieces aren't chosen randomly.Many of the nearly 200 patterns used today have been around since the Edo era (1603-1868). ). Each design has a meaning or is mimicking a pattern in nature that is thought to be a good
Kintsugi (Japanese: 金継ぎ, lit. 'golden joinery'), also known as kintsukuroi (金繕い, "golden repair"), [1] is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with urushi lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum. The method is similar to the maki-e technique.
Bench joinery is the preparation, setting out, and manufacture of joinery components while site carpentry and joinery focus on the installation of the joinery components, and on the setting out and fabrication of timber elements used in construction. In Canada, joinery is considered a separate trade from carpentry.
more images: Solid wooden sliding doors Sugi-do made of sugi, and flat. Much heavier than frame doors such as fusuma. Kōshi (see Shōji#Frame) more images: Barred or latticed openwork panels May be fixed, sliding, or hinged. Modernly, may be backed with glass. The rails are often grouped in clusters; this clustering is called fukiyose (吹寄 ...
Shoji may also be installed as pocket doors between rooms, called hikikomi (引込) shoji. [83] This is a historical practice, but it is no longer common in Japan, though it is sometimes used in western-style homes. [8] Shoji in Europe are commonly suspended on panel-blind track, by 'touch-and-close' fastener such as Velcro.
Kongō Gumi Co., Ltd. (株式会社金剛組, Kabushiki Gaisha Kongō Gumi) is a Japanese construction company, purportedly founded in 578 A.D., [3] making it the world's oldest documented company. The company mainly works on the design, construction, restoration, and repair of shrines, temples, castles, and cultural heritage buildings.