Here is a set I bought from taobao.
https://www.amazon.com/%E4%B8%AD%E5%.../dp/7503889144
Contains plenty of joinery from page to page in 2 volumes. Written in Chinese but the diagrams are weight in gold.
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Here is a set I bought from taobao.
https://www.amazon.com/%E4%B8%AD%E5%.../dp/7503889144
Contains plenty of joinery from page to page in 2 volumes. Written in Chinese but the diagrams are weight in gold.
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That would be very interesting to get. Thanks for posting.
A book which may be worth exploring is
The complete Japanese joinery
ISBN 978-0-88179-121-1
I have that one, bought it several decades ago, and another one is The Genius of Japanese Carpentry. came out in 89, They have a new addition out since 2014, i haven't seen the new updated one.
Publisher Kodansha America, Incorporated ISBN-10 0870118978 ISBN-13 9780870118975
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John that book that you have on Chinese joinery would be a great one to have if its all about furniture joinery, as you say the Japanese ones are about carpentry joints. There is some crossover in usefulness of the carpentry joints in furniture, but i would love to get the Chinese book. What was the cost on Taobao?
Taobao is a lot cheaper. Use google translate to open this page: https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=584334815881
I bought it using a forwarding company in Malaysia, BuyMall. I believe in the States there is something similar to this. If you do not want to go through the hassle AliExpress is another alternative but it is WAY marked up.
https://www.aliexpress.com/i/32882611934.html
Back to framing joinery. I haven't seen Chinese yet but I am sure there is a book written on it. Chinese tends to have more curves on their pieces. Japanese have straight stock.
Thanks John. My son lives in China, so i can get him to get it for me. Yes the Chinese carpentry has more pronounced curves on roof structure than the Japanese, Chris Hall spoke quite a bit about it on his blog, and did write a few books on Japanese roof joinery and design. Thanks for posting.