For the carpenters on the Forum. (Edited to add, "And Onomea.")

The antithesis to the article on poured-concrete houses I posted a few days ago!
Guardian article here. I'm more of a wood-mangler than a carpenter, but this is an exhibition I'd like to see.

"Fifty hand-carved wooden pieces go into assembling just one roof bracket. It looks like a game of black-belt-level Jenga"

From the earthquake-defying joints that support a 13th-century temple to the delicacy of sashimono puzzle boxes, a new exhibition shows off the myriad possibilities of this centuries-old craft.

Do you know your ant’s head from your shell mouth? Or your cogged lap from your scarfed gooseneck? These are just some of the mind-boggling array of timber jointing techniques on display in a new exhibition spotlighting the meticulous craft of Japanese carpentry.

The basement gallery of London’s Japan House has been transformed into a woody wonder world of chisels and saws, mortises and tenons, and brackets of infinite intricacy...

re the reconstruction of a teahouse at the exhibition) ...A breakdown of the component pieces, along with another animation, reveals how this miraculous carpentry conjuring trick is done. Forget black belt, this is 10th dan, sensei-level stuff."

...When the Great Hanshin earthquake struck Kobe in 1995, with devastating impact on the Kansai region, the Yakushi-ji temple emerged unscathed. Indeed, it had survived many earthquakes since its first construction in the seventh century.

Selection of sashimono kigumi wood joints. Photograph: Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum

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