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Lecture: Takumi Oki of Korea - Making a Millennium Palace -

Date and time: Friday, September 19 18:00 to 20:00

Venue: Takenaka Corporation Tokyo Head Office AB Hall

Instructor: Hide Sarutaka

A lecture was given by Mr. Shin Uns, a leading expert in building repair and restoration of Korean palaces.

This is Mr. Hideshi Sarutaka, Instructor. In Korea, Domiya carpenters are called Oki Takumi. Takumi Shin Oki led the repair of Takashi Reimon (Namdaemun), which was burned down in a fire in recent years.

We were able to hear stories unique to practitioners, such as the story of Akamatsu used in the construction of the Korean palace, the current state of repair of cultural properties in Korea, and the difficulties of design and construction.

It is said that round pillars are used for high-class buildings such as palace buildings and temple buildings as in Japan. The round pillar is square from raw wood → Octagon → I'm going to make it round at 32 squares. The photo shows the process from procurement to finishing of round pillars.

The beauty of Korean architecture is the beautiful curve at the end of the eaves. It is said that the corner tree, which is the key to determining the curve, uses the bent habit of the tree as it is. "Let's determine the nature of the ridge and the tree and use it in the right place." It's the same as Japan.

At this lecture, he explained carefully while showing a wealth of on-site photos, focusing on the work that the ridge himself was involved in. After the lecture was over, there were many questions, indicating the high level of interest.

A lecture will be held on November 29 (Sat.) by Keisuke Fujii, a professor at the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo, who is also familiar with East Asian architecture, at the Kobe venue for the exhibition "Techniques and Minds of Japan, China and South Korea" under the moderation of Keisuke Fujii, a professor at the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo, who is familiar with East Asian architecture. Please look forward to it.

Photography / Shoma Kosai