Rebuilding an Old Japanese House
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Rebuilding an Old Japanese House
1080pOriginal: Rebuilding an Old Japanese House (1981)
Year: 1981
Language: English
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Five Japanese carpenters came to Boston that summer to reconstruct a Kyoto silkweaver's 150 year old townhouse that had been packed in crates and shipped to Boston Children's Museum. This first-hand observation of traditional tools and woodworking techniques chronicles the assembly process. In the progress of construction the contractor performed three Shinto housebuilding ceremonies.
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