
Five Japanese carpenters came to Boston that summer to reconstruct a Kyoto silkweaver's 150 year old townhouse that had been packed in crates and shipped to Boston Children's Museum. This first-hand observation of traditional tools and woodworking techniques chronicles the assembly process. In the progress of construction the contractor performed three Shinto housebuilding ceremonies.
Rebuilding an Old Japanese House was directed by Richard Leacock and Rachel Strickland.
Rebuilding an Old Japanese House runs for 59min, and was released in 1981.
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