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日本の宮大工・数寄屋大工・建具屋・大工らの木材利用法を解説(英文)。資料として1876年のフィラデルフィア万国博覧会で披露された「有用木材捷覧」から特に重要な樹種について抜粋して掲載。木工芸についての英語ー日本語対照用語集付。
Part I Japanese Carpenters and the Wood They Employ
1. Miya-daiku, Temple and Shrine Carpenters
Large-Diameter Domestic Timber for Temples and Shrines
Substitutes for Large-Diameter Hinoki Cypress
2. Sukiya-daiku, Carpenters of Refined Teahouses and Residences
Chashitsu
Finishing Techniques and Materials
The Tokonoma
Wood Species of the Katsura Imperial Villa
3. Tateguya, Joiners of Doors, Windows, and Screens
Techniques and Materials
Usage of the Outer Shirata Sapwood of Cedar
Usage of the Inner Akami Heartwood of Cedar
Fusuma and Byôbu Frames: Techniques and Wood Species
A Tsuitate
4. Daiku, General Carpenters
The Kamiseya Farmhouse
A Weaver’s House from the Kiso District
A Kyoto Machiya
Part II Facsimiles of Thirty-Two Pages from the Yûyô Mokuzai Shôran Handbook
Epilogue
Appendices
Names of Timber, Trees, and Plants Used in Traditional Japanese Architecture
Complete List of Woods Mentioned in the Yûyô Mokuzai Shôran Handbook
Maps of Old Japanese Provinces and Modern Japanese Prefectures
Glossary
Bibliography
Index of Timber and Tree Names