Building Without Nails The Genius of Japanese Carpentry
Building Without Nails The Genius of Japanese Carpentry
We’ve heard of the genius “technology” used in ancient times to build towering monuments with nothing more than primitive tools like stones and ropes. The Egyptian pyramids of old is a great example.
Back in the far east, Japan had plenty to offer the ancient world as well when it came to resourceful inventions and crafts. Traditional Japanese Carpenters built houses, temples, and castles, without the use of nails, screws, or bolts.
In a documentary interviewing one of the few remaining practitioners of this seemingly lost art of carpentry, an old Japanese master craftsman exclaims “No bolts, no nails. It lasts longer!”. Proudly claiming its effectiveness that no one would be able to argue against its success in the form of several majestic towering temples all over Japan still standing to this day.
After being subjected to harsh weather and clashes of changes in civilizations for well over a thousand years. But with the bold statement comes a clear understanding that the success to this art isn’t because they designed it to withstand “against” nature, instead, it is all about being “with” nature.
Moving his livelihood to New York and sharing his art form of old Japanese wood working to the world, Isao Hanafusa, co-owner of Miya Shoji, has carved himself a unique niche in the competitive market of the furnishing industry.
Sought out and revered by New Yorkers wanting that embrace with nature in their interior decor with a style and durability in craftsmanship that can’t be rivaled by most factory produced alternatives.
All furniture selections in Miya Shoji showrooms are hand crafted, even the types lumber used in all his crafts are hand selected by Hanafusa himself. Isao Hanafusa was a graduate of Industrial Revolution studies of which he states has produced countless wonders for the modern world, but its cold machinery has also tragically killed off individual talent that is supposed to reside in craftsmen.
To this day, he rejects criticisms of his methods being unnecessarily old fashioned, because with all the bold talk of technologically advanced tools and methods used in modern day construction work, the Hanafusa family believes a thousand years worth of talent refinement and mastery should not be thrown away in exchange for mass production convenience.
Nor is it going to back down from the contest that their crafts will last even longer than rigid concrete and metal structures for the simple fact they are not designed to resist against the force of mother nature, but to live with her.
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Don’t change his words. Without proper grammar, we understand it.
brrrrrrr paradoxes and paradoxes…. old tradition house middle of the NYC in this house guy acting like a obi van with Mac book, and this video on youtube… so building without nails with digital advertising….. its looks like a car video… as you know the guy buying MR2 and converting to the Ferrari but the car still is not a Ferrari 😀 😀 😀
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Thats cuz japanese have been at god level work WAY before anyone else and have stayed at that level. lol
It’s always fun to see good craftsmen. My grandfather was from Finland and his profession and hobby were carpentry. He never used a nail, so it was a similar technique as the Japanese. He once made a chandelier from one piece of wood, hanging in a chain consisting of sort of cubes, still the same piece of wood. I still can’t figure out how he made it. Difficult to explain, even in my native language.
Educational and fascinating. Really enjoyable video.
I would give ANYTHING to live in Japan and learn from a master of woodworking.
Something only the rich can afford.
Why is technology written with quotation marks?
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German creativity is like that of Japan, without forgetting other peoples.
too much butthurt in comment section.. this technology used by all Asian culture.. jointed edge.. most of idiot people dont understand other culture..
1:15 这中式英语装个j8日本人？
Awesome video post more.
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Welcome to my nyc washitsu…
_Christmas tree and school diploma in tokonoma_
millennials make digital furniture
"I wanted to simplify my life" so I ordered my new husband to buy me a super expensive, custom-made table.
My uncle was a traditional furniture maker in Germany, and used no nails in any of the pieces he made. His furniture even 40 years after his passing is still in high demand. People fortunate to own a piece are offered thousands to sell them but rarely do. I enjoyed watching this video.
It´s Nice to be a millionaire!!!
Try to Understand the purity . I can feel that
I love this man, and what he is doing!
trying to simplify your life by buying an expensive coffee table makes you seem like a dumbfuck
Thank You..
Seeing this 2nd time
I bet $100 someone fucked on that table
im going to build one big japanese mantion for sure 🙂
That tree was healthy
Wants to live simply. So you need thousands of dollars worth of furniture to do so? What a tool.
Japanese carpentery is the best of all 👍
The genius of building they way we do is having invented nails.
Oh NO! Not this Guy. Jesus Christ I would rather hear fingernails on a chalk board while at a 8 hour insurance seminar. FUCK!
Does "with nature" also means needlessly killing whales just to keep up a inefficient industry that just fills the pockets of a few people?
tenon and mortise is Chinese technique
Nice! All they need to have next is a Japanese koi pond.
that small table with the fold out legs probably goes for big $$
You can use woodprix plans. The best handbooks and very detailed instructions. You can learn much from them and make it yourself.
Nothing could be more against nature then New York city.
Europeans built the exact same way until we innovated and found construction with nails to be much faster and efficient. I guarantee you modern Japanese homes are built the same way as American homes.
Truth is koreans and Chinese is the one build the Kyoto Nara Osaka kamakura and even fake Japanese emperor royals orgachy from Korean’s is the Truth, don’t tricks by fake Japanese emperor or people’s, Japanese educations schools histories are ruled by royals orgachy and dark deep states koreans descendants governments are brain wash and mind controls to dumb down the Japanese nation’s, all this video tequnick from koreans and Chinese ok, Japan was Native Japanese tribes got dictates by power hungry greedy murder’s and Rapist from koreans and Chinese is the True history and this Japanese culture is not Japanese culture at all it’s a Chinese and Korean descendants cultures ok,there is no 100% Japanese blood on this planet at all,it’s a all illusion lies of the satanic spirit behind themselves.
My husband used these plans from woodprix and he’s very satisfied.
"when you close the door you dont see other side"
My husband used these plans from woodprix and he’s very satisfied.
Great video, using the bottom of a tree for the bottom of the sliding window frame to keep it from warping is interesting.
Amazing how the ancient Japanese had trucks and chainsaws to slab the wood.
Nichts gegen die japanischen Handwerker und Technik. Nagellos gabs aber auch in Europa. Also nix mit "genius". Interessant ist allerdings die Baukunst denn die japanischen Gebäude mußten auch Erdbeben standhalten – und taten es.
Bei der Schwertbaukunst ist es ja ähnlich. Die japanischen Schmiede waren, so hieß es lange, der europäischen weit weit weit weit überlegen. Inzwischen hat allerdings die Wissenschaft herausgefunden das europäische Stahlschmieden auf dem gleichen hohen Level waren.
Das US-Amerikaner über japanische Technologie so überrascht sind verwundert allerdings nicht im geringsten und deren kindischen Hypes ebensowenig.
I agree with those who have said that this video seems like a promo ad!! Having been fascinated my entire life not only by the Japanese type of craftsmanship, but all elegant craftsmanship I was really hoping for a more in depth look at the work behind the craftsmanship!! Disappointing!!!
That was completely awesome…..
I am bewildered as to why there are so many naysayers here. I’m sure there is plenty of garbage you would be much more interested in.