Rebuilding an Old Japanese House

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  • NR
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release year: 1981
  • Running time: 59 min
  • Country: N/A
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.