The Building in Japan

by Teijiro Takagi

The Building In Japan

Published (Collotyped and hand coloured.)

by

T. TAKAGI,

Photographic Studio and Art Gallery.

No. 42, Nishimachi,
KOBE, JAPAN.

INTRODUCTION.

The pictures here depicted, show the whole process of building a middle class house, from the selection and sawing of timbers until they are formed into a complete house. The head carpenter conferring with the owner, plans the form and design of the house.

The head carpenter first makes a calculation of the quantity of timber necessary to complete the building and so much timber is carried to the spot where the house will be built. Here the head carpenter has to use his talent seriously for choosing the timbers, appropriate for poles, upper and lower beams, railings and halls, etc., so that the best pieces of wood are used for the principal rooms and in the places that attract attention. Thus, he is ordering the sawyers to saw the timbers in the way he thinks the best.