Japanese Wooden Boatbuilding by Brooks, Douglas
Japanese Wooden Boatbuilding by Brooks, Douglas

Japanese Wooden Boatbuilding

- Introduces significant aspects of traditional Japanese boatbuildingdesign, workshop and tools, wood and materials - Introduces joinery...
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Author: Douglas Brooks
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Language: English
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Japanese Wooden Boatbuilding by Brooks, Douglas

Japanese Wooden Boatbuilding

$142.73
Japanese Wooden Boatbuilding by Brooks, Douglas

Japanese Wooden Boatbuilding

$142.73
Author: Douglas Brooks
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
- Introduces significant aspects of traditional Japanese boatbuildingdesign, workshop and tools, wood and materials - Introduces joinery and fastenings, propulsion, ceremonies, and the apprenticeship system - The only available English-language documentation of these traditional boats and the few craftspeople left able to build them With Japan's unprecedented modernization in the last century, the demand for traditional boats (wasen) faded, leaving the last generation of boatbuilders with no one to teach. This is the story of the author's apprenticeships with five Japanese masters to build their unique and endangered traditional watercraft. Brooks was the sole apprentice for each craftsman, and worked under a time-honored system in which apprentices first swept floors and sharpened tools, learning chiefly by observation with only limited direct instruction. The resulting book is part ethnography, part instruction, and part the personal story of a wooden boatbuilder fueled by a passion to preserve a craft tradition on the brink of extinction. It fills a large and long-standing gap in the literature on Japanese crafts, and will be of interest to boatbuilders, woodworkers, and all those impressed with the marvels of Japanese design and workmanship.

Author: Douglas Brooks
Publisher: Floating World Editions
Published: 09/29/2021
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.60lbs
Size: 10.90h x 8.40w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781953225009

About the Author
Douglas Brooks is a boatbuilder, writer, and researcher specializing in the construction of traditional wooden boats for museums and private clients, and is a recent recipient of the Rare Craft Fellowship Award from the American Craft Council.


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