TOSA TOMO

Artisans in Earth, Stone and Timber

Specializing in Folk Architecture of Asian and the Americas

Tosa Tomo artisans work in indigenous traditional custom and building methodologies span over thirty years, focusing those endeavors to the links between the First Nations People of the Americas and their Asia complement. Commonality of elements between the homes of the indigenous people of these lands is very clear when approached from the view of their harmony with what is around them and their spiritual connection to the environment. From the Chise-Minka 民家 of the Ainu to the Timber -Plank structures of the Pacific Northwest coast people of the Americas, a continuity and natural harmony is clear. Originating in the Middle East, radiating outward to Eastern Europe and Asian, Timber, Stone and Earth dwellings have been sheltering us for millennia.

Our exclusive team of artisans can restore or duplicate virtually any form of Indigenous architecture that has evolved, from the Carpathian Mountains of Eastern Europe to the Japanese archipelago across to the Americas. Besides domestic architecture, we can also facilitate the creation of Tea Houses, Shrines, Hermitages or any structure you may want that could benefit from our influence.

Asian & Japanese- Style Frame Archive
ishibadate　 石場建   (stone foundation)	sasu 叉首 (principle brace) as found in traditional gasshou-zukuri
合掌造	Wattle frame work before daub application near front cantilever bari
hozo-ana ほぞ穴 #1	hozo-ana ほぞ穴 #2	hozo-ana ほぞ穴 #3
Traditional Japanese timber framing using Japan's finest hand made tools.	Builder of traditional Japanese minka homes using joineries technique from pre-Edo period.JH	Korean Tong-Maru    나무바닥 flooring in Library
shippasamitsugi
尻挾継- scarf joint in granite and timber doorframe	North wing kami-zashiki with all book matched timbers	Close up of kami-zashiki's book matched hashria