Japanese carpentry is distinguished by its advanced joinery and its finely-planed wood surfaces.
Although there is a core practice shared by all Japanese carpenters, defined by a vocabulary of tools and joints and a methodology of working, a carpenter will typically identify with one of four distinct carpentry professions.
Miyadaiku – practice the construction of Japanese shrines and temples, and are renowned for their use of elaborate wooden joints and the fact that the buildings they construct are frequently found among the world's longest-surviving wooden structures.
Sukiya-daiku – teahouse and residential carpenters, are famed for their delicate aesthetic constructions using rustic materials.
Sashimono-shi – furniture makers.
Tateguya – interior finishing carpenters who build shoji and ranma.
Although it is rare to find a sashimono-shi or tateguya practising outside of their field, it is not uncommon for a carpentry workshop to work simultaneously as both miyadaiku and sukiyadaiku.
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