Japanese carpentry

"Japanese woodworking" redirects here. For artistic woodworking, see Japanese sculpture.
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.[1][2]

  1. ^ "wakugi". 20 March 2024.
  2. ^ Hideo Sato, Yasua Nakahara. The Complete Japanese Joinery (2000) 397 pag. ISBN 0881791210, ISBN 978-0881791211