Description
This is the story of the authors apprenticeships with Japanese masters to build five unique and endangered traditional boats.
Part I introduces significant aspects of traditional Japanese boat building: design, workshop and tools, wood and materials, joinery and fastenings, propulsion, ceremonies, and the apprenticeship system.
Part II details each of my five apprenticeships, concluding with a poignant chapter on Japan’s sole remaining traditional shipwright. This book, the first comprehensive treatment of the subject, fills a large and long standing gap in the literature on Japanese crafts, and will be of interest to boat builders, woodworkers, and all those impressed with the marvels of Japanese design and workmanship.
320 pp, 8.5 x 11 / Second Edition, softcover
378 Color photos, 36 Drawings
By Douglas Brooks