Rebuilding an Old Japanese House(1981)

movie - first aired/released 1981-12-01 - 59 min

Documentary

Directed by Rachel Strickland, Richard Leacock

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.