Books and Videos

"Taian" is the only existing tea room built by Sen no Rikyu and is one of the only national treasure tea rooms with only four buildings. In the wake of a crack in a part of the earth wall due to the Northern Osaka Earthquake that occurred in June 2018, the restoration of the earth wall and the kokeletal root was carried out for the first time in 23 years. This book consists of photographs taken carefully by Naoko Tamura, a photographer living in Kyoto and working in Japan and abroad, and completed photographs by Taizo Furukawa. Includes texts and drawings written by Iosumi Myoki and experts, as well as talks between Masao Nakamura and Mitsuyoshi Saito held in 2014.

Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum + Wutter Park Edition
2,700 yen (excluding tax), B5 version, 60 pages, color, black and white Japanese, English
Limited sales of 500 copies

※You can buy it here.
・Wutter Park
・Kyoto Maruzen Junkudo
・Ginza Tsutaya Bookstore
・Other bookstores specializing in architecture
・Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum Museum Shop

In order to guide those who want to know more about carpentry tools and want to learn more, we picked up representative tools and explained the work and structure, how to use and care from the name of the part in an easy-to-understand manner.

※You can buy it at bookstores nationwide.
Edited by Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum
2,000 yen (excluding tax), A5 version, 185P
Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (ISBN 978-4-526-07827-9)

We explained traditional Japanese carpentry tools, mainly in the collection of the museum, along with watercolor paintings by Yasuyuki Yasuda.

※You can buy it at bookstores nationwide.
◎Yasuyuki Yasuda Profile
Born in Osaka in 1950. Graduated from Kyoto University of Education. He began sketching activities using postcards around 1980. Presented works in solo exhibitions, PR magazine covers, newspaper illustrations, corporate calendars, etc. 1998 New Year's New Year's postcard Hyogo Prefecture version, draw "Akashi Kaikyo Bridge" on hometown stamp. He has authored "Kobe / Street Monogatari", "Brick / Street Monogatari", and "Hannari Kyoto Sketch Feeling".
Yasuyuki Yasuda, Painting / Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum, Bun
1,600 yen (excluding tax), A5 version, 144 pages, 4 color printing
Asakura Bookstore (ISBN 978-4-254-68020-1)
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This is a commemorative magazine produced to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the museum's opening.

◎ Roundtable discussion Rokusuke Ei = Talk with young craftsmen
"About the future of craftsmen in Heisei"
◎ Special Feature
・The skills of the soul of ancient craftsmen
"Technology of Craftsmen Hand-to-hand" Mitsuo Ogawa
・Communication from Iron Workers
The romance of a man who bet his life on a millennium nail, Yukinori Shirataka
・Wood and copper are weathered and still beautiful
Written by Terunobu Fujimori
・Traditional Japanese architecture from the perspective of Europe
Written by Christoph Henrichsen
◎ History of Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum 20 Years 1984-2004

◎ From the concept of establishment to the opening

◎ Ayumi as a corporate museum
◎ Ayumi as a foundation
Non-for Sale B5 Version

Published on October 1, 1992
Special price 1,000 yen A4 version 192 pages

This is a collection of beautiful photographs of traditional European woodworking tools from the museum. It also includes expert commentary.

Supervision Teijiro Muramatsu
Commentary Teijiro Muramatsu, Kunio Ota, Akira Watanabe