Heinouchi Yoshimasa (平内 吉政) was a famous master
carpenter in
Edo-period
The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characteri ...
Japan, and was the progenitor of a long line of master carpenters. In 1608 he wrote the
Shoumei (匠明) manual of construction and building design, with the help of his son Masanobu. This book is the most famous of early works on Japanese building construction.
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Japanese Wood Joinery
Japanese woodworkers
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