Originally posted by Chris Hall:
And there's one other book you may wish to considr, and that is "The Measure and Construction of the Japanese House" by Heinrich Engel (try Summerbeam Books). It has a lot of very useful information, and great illustrations, but not much detail as far as roof structure goes, and little on joinery.
Good luck to you!
Thanks a lot, to both of you- That gives me a great start to researching/ exploring how to go about this. As I mentioned before, this a pretty small structure but I am aiming to build it with the feel and quality of a shrine. I'll follow up on your suggestions!
