Japanese saws

Japan looks back on a millennia-old wood construction culture. Simple houses and temples, even fortresses – were built almost exclusively from wood. Many of these masterpieces, created solely with hand saws and other traditional woodworking tools, are now part of the World Heritage. Over the centuries, a vast repository of knowledge developed, which, in conjunction with highly developed blacksmithing, led to the creation of unique woodworking tools. Among Japanese tools, saws are to be mentioned first.