Daisugi: The 600-Year-Old Japanese Forestry Technique of Growing Trees from Trees for Straight Lumber
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Colin Marshall
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This article explores daisugi, a 15th-century Japanese forestry technique developed in response to seedling and land shortages. Daisugi involves growing additional trees out of existing trees to produce perfectly straight lumber, used in traditional Japanese architecture. The piece highlights the ingenuity of this 600-year-old sustainable practice.
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· 3 pulledNecessity being the mother of invention, this led to the creation of an ingenious solution: daisugi, the growing of additional trees, in effect, out of existing trees
We've all admired the elegance of Japan's traditional styles of architecture. Their development required the kind of dedicated craftsmanship that takes generations to cultivate
By the 15th century, Japan already faced a shortage of seedlings, as well as land on which to properly cultivate the trees in the first place
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