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Hiroshi Sakaguchi

Hiroshi Sakaguchi: Barn raising the Japanese way

A Japanese remodel In 1985, I introduced Hiroshi Sakaguchi, Japanese master carpenter, to Jacques and Denise Tenzel. Jacques and Denise, good friends of mine, wanted a traditional Japanese remodel of their house nestled in the redwoods east of Albion, Mendocino county. The house was taken down to the foundation and

Japanese joinery

The invasion of Japanese Joinery

Paul Discoe In 1970 Paul Discoe, at the time, an American born Zen priest was sent to Japan, by his teacher Shunryu Suzuki, to study Temple building. Upon his return to California, after a 5 year apprenticeship, Paul started to build “Japanese” buildings at the SanFrancisco Zen Center’s monastic