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Keizuroh-kai
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Posted by chris74robinson (My Page) on Mon, Sep 5, 05 at 9:47
| Is anyone planning to go to the keizuroh-kai? |
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RE: Keizuroh-kai
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| Chris; You trying to say something in Japanese? What you typed above does not make sense....... Michae; |
RE: Keizuroh-kai
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| Kezurou Kai is a Japanese woodworking group.. maybe that's what he means.. ? |
RE: Keizuroh-kai
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| Well that's a little bit better. Thanx to Asuka-san for the translation. Michael |
RE: Keizuroh-kai
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| Keizuroh-kai is a carpenters organization in Japan. Each year they get together for fun and competition. The 2005 gathering will be held this month (September) in Hakone. Anyone going? |
RE: Keizuroh-kai
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| Sorry, Chris - Kezurou-kai is the carpenters organization in Japan.. which is sponsored by the The Hida Tool Company The Japanese words 'Kezurou' means: person who shares knowledge, and 'Kai' means: a gathering of people ['Keizuroh' as Michael pointed out, is a non-word in Japanese & the closest match on Google is Keizer-kai.. which is apparently a 'pornopalace'] Here's the 2005 application form ... for the other place ;) Jack |
Here is a link that might be useful: kezurou kai
RE: Keizuroh-kai
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Asuka is right, 'kezurou-kai' (which could also be written as 'kezuroh'-kai - depending on romanization system) is a Japanese organization dedicated to craftsmanship in traditional carpentry. "keizuroh", or "keizurou" for that matter, is a non-word in Japanese as far as I know too.
However, Asuka is not right in translating 'kezurou' as "person who shares knowledge" - it is a high school level character read: kezu(ru), as well as so(gu) and so(geru), with a on-yomi (Chinese reading) of SAKU; the meaning is: "slice off, whittle down, sharpen", with associated meanings of 'detract from' and 'dampen'. This is according to my Spahn-Hadamitzky dictionary. To shave off something, in Japanese is 'kezuri-toru'. Kezurou-kai means: 'planing meet' -i.e., people gathering to study and compete in, planing. Kezurou-kai also features demonstrations of other traditional hand tools in use, and has tool retailers plying their wares.
Also, the Kezurou-kai is not sponsored by Hida Tool - they are an independent non-profit organization for whom Hida has coordinated the bringing over of Japanese carpenters for the three Kezurou-kai USA sessions held so far. Hida also organizes trips to Japan which coincide with Kezurou-kai meets over there, as well as tour Japanese architectural sites of note, typically visiting Osaka, Kyoto, and Takayama.
I am a bit puzzled why Chris74Robinson posted that piece here however, as this is a gardening forum and not a carpentry forum. For carpentry, I might suggest that he look at the Japanesetools.com forum, where he will find discussions along these lines. |
RE: Keizuroh-kai
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| Thanks for the explanation Kikujunjo, and pardon my 'high school' Japanese hehe (which is actually quite a compliment ) :) I too wondered what the motivation was for Chris74 to post this here wih no elaboration in his initial post Jack |
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