| | You need good tools for a good job. So, what is a "good tool"? The techniques of blacksmithing that meet the demanding demands of carpenters are generally not well known. There was a blacksmith named Kengo Usui in Yoita, Niigata Prefecture. He is a craftsman who devoted his life to making planes. The achievement of scientific analysis of craftsmanship, which often relies on experience and sensation, has become a model for many backwards. In this exhibition, you will see how a tool called "plane" is made through Kengo Usui's blacksmith. |
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| Outline of the event | | Period | From August 6 (Tuesday) to September 29 (Sunday), 2013 |
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| Opening hours | From 9:30 to 16:30 (admission until 16:00) |
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| Closed days | Monday (or the next day if it is a national holiday) |
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| Admission fee | General 300 yen, large and high school students 200 yen, small and middle school students 100 yen, various discounts available |
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| Venue | Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum special venue |
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| Sponsorship | Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum |
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| Contents of the exhibition | | The Life of Kengo Usui | What is the life of the plane blacksmith Kengo Usui on the plane? As known as the couple plane, he walks with his wife, learns eagerly from many pioneers, and entrusts it to the backwards. We follow such a personality of Usui along with works and images. |
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| Plane Blacksmithing workplace | How can a plane be made? Usui's plane manufacturing process is reproduced using blacksmith tools and process samples that were actually used. By touching on the steel of new materials that Usui was involved in the development and various scientific analysis methods, he thinks about the "good plane" he aimed for. "Late married couple planes (Kazuhisa Okina, Man Kotobukio)": A couple plane announced in commemoration of Usui's 80-year-old. © Shaving Association Reproduction of blacksmithing grounds: Use the blacksmith tools that Mr. Usui actually used to reproduce the area around the fire bed. © Shaving Association Type of steel: A sample of steel materials produced by Usui. A number of steels that he was particular about, from ball steel and Togo steel to blue paper Super Y steel jointly developed with Hitachi Metals. You can see it from a blacksmith's point of view, such as cutting samples of ground metal. |
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Seminar
"Traditional skills and heart inherited from Kengo Usui" | Mr. Funatsu, who inherited the skills of Kengo Usui, a plane who dedicated his life to "making a good plane". He will talk about steel training techniques incorporating scientific analysis, and encounters with people obtained by traveling around the country as teachers and children. | Date and time | Sunday, September 22, 2013 13:30 to 15:00
※After the lecture (after 15:00), we plan to experience cutting with a plane trained by Mr. Funatsu with steel inherited from Mr. Usui. |
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| Location | Hyogo Kyosai Kaikan (planned)
Lasse hole
※The venue has been changed. |
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| Tutor | Yuji Funatsu (Funahiro Knippler)
Born in Yoitamachi, Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture in 1946. From 1961, he studied the work of chisel blacksmithing about his father. In 1983, he hit the gate of swordsmith Ryuko Unryuko Watanabe and learned the technology of ball steel. In 1991, he was certified as a traditional craftsman. He has been a part-time lecturer at Tokyo University of the Arts since 2011. He strives to make blades every day to leave as many excellent carpentry tools as possible for young masters who continue to protect Japanese traditional architectural culture. |
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| Capacity | 100 people (free participation, advance application required) ※In the case of a large number of applicants, lottery |
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| How to apply | Techniques and Heart Seminar Application Page |
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| Application deadline | Saturday, September 7, 2013 |
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| Venue Information | Map (external link) |
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| Remarks | This seminar also serves as the "Technology and Mind" seminar in Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum. |
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Commemorative event Hands-on classroom "Let's make a cut-off sword!" | You will cut out the work process of plane blacksmithing and experience it through the production of swords. As a series of three consecutive projects, we perform fire making, molding, and heat treatment, and produce swords that can be actually used.
Photo Report (August 11)
Photo Report (August 25)
Photo Report (September 8)| Date and time | ①August 11 (Sun), August 25 (Sun), September 8 (Sun)
※9:30-11:30 a.m. and 13:30 p.m. to 15:30 p.m. |
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| Contents | ①Forging, rough stretching, and baking
②Molding (scratching, senke, narrative)
③Quenching, pottery making, blade Sharpening
※①③The process of using fire. |
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| Location | the museum Outdoor Special Venue |
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| Tutor | Keisuke Uchihashi (Keisaburoplane blades, Ltd.)
Born in Nishiwaki City, Hyogo Prefecture in 1980. After graduating from high school, he worked in the plane manufacturing industry for 5 years in Miki City, Hyogo Prefecture. Opened independently in 2003, he was involved in production activities mainly for plane manufacturing, and continues to this day. The blacksmith's name "Keisaburo". One of the most acclaimed craftsmen today as a creator of practical tools that can be cut well. |
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| Capacity | Experience:
5 people each in the morning and afternoon (free participation, advance application required)
※The morning and afternoon assignments will be left to the museum.
Tour:
①③10 people each time (free participation / advance application required), 2 No application required
Participation conditions (experience) Those who can participate in all 3 times
Junior high school students and above (junior high school students must be accompanied by a guardian)
Those who can agree to participate at their own risk |
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| How to apply | Apply by webmail
Click here to apply.
Apply by round-trip postcard
Please fill out the following items on the round-trip postcard and apply.
[Back of outgoing credit]
Event name, experience or tour (for visitors, specify 1 schedule, 2 morning or afternoon), name (furigana), postal code, address, telephone number, gender, date of birth
[Reply surface]
Please fill in your name, postal code, and address on the address.
Please note that the certificate of participation will be printed on the back side.
[Application]
〒650-0004 4-18-25, Nakayamatedori, Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi
Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum "Plane Blacksmithing Exhibition Event"
※We will apply for one person per postcard.
※In the case of a large number of applicants, it will be a lottery.
※Details will be announced after the deadline.
※The information you provide will be strictly managed and will not be used for any purpose other than the special exhibition commemorative event. |
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| Application deadline | Sunday, July 21, 2013 |
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| Download | You can download leaflets in A4 size and PDF format.
Flyer (PDF file: 1.0MB) kanna-leaf |
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