Toshio Odate

Author of Japanese Woodworking Tools: Their Tradition, Spirit and Use

About the Author

Toshio Odate gives seminars on Japanese woodworking throughout the United States and Europe. He also teaches sculpture and 3-dimensional design at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY.

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Japanese Woodworking Tools: Their Tradition, Spirit and Use (1984) 136 copies, 1 review

Making Shoji (2000) 59 copies

Talking Japanese Tools with Toshio Odate (2015) 1 copy

An Interview with Toshio Odate (2015) 1 copy

Die Werkzeuge des japanischen Schreiners 1 copy

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Birthdate: 1930
Gender: male
Nationality: Japan
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Associated Place (for map): Tokyo, Japan

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Japanese Woodworking Tools: Their Tradition, Spirit, and Use by Toshio Odate

This book was written by a man who was raised to be a traditional Japanese carpenter. The title of the book is not hyperbole. It really does go over the Tradition, Spirit and Use of the different tools used in the traditional carpenters trade.

I found the book to be very well written and the author a well spring of knowledge, most of which never made it into the book. I learned quite a bit about care and maintenance of my own hand tools and I have a better appreciation of them.

This book is show more mostly written for those either interested in Japanese culture and how carpenters fit in and people who really care about woodworking as a craft. show less

Jul 13, 2009