Toshodai-ji Temple Kondotokyo model image CG

Symbol Exhibition
Woodwork (a full-size model of Toshodai-ji Temple Kondo Tou)

This highlight exhibition is a full-scale model of Toshodaiji Kondo Tou, which exceeds 3m in height. This exhibition was specially exhibited by the National Museum of Nature and Science to help you understand the characteristics of Domiya carpenters dealing with huge wood. Production was carried out at the Rikisha under the guidance of Tsunekazu Nishioka ridge beam. It is also an exhibition suitable for this year in the 1300th year of Heijo transfer.
※The size and composition vary depending on the venue.

 

 

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A letter sent by Tsunekazu Nishioka to his apprentice Mitsuo Ogawa <private collection>

Training －Road to the ridge-

We will introduce the efforts of the young people who have entered the master to grow through the tools used for the knife Sharpening, the well-finished scraps, and the letters that the master sent to his disciples during his training.

 

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Three-storied work map of the three-storied treasure pagoda of Horin-ji Temple (scale 1/10, created by Tsunekazu Nishioka) <Individual Collection>

Design －Make a plan -

Today, carpenters are less likely to design, but in the past, ridges were doing everything from design to construction. Here, handwritten technical notes and drawings that have become valuable today will be exhibited.