Daisugi (Sustainable Forestry or Cedar Bonsai Trees) is a Japanese technique, to produce wood without cutting down trees completely. Japanese have been producing wood for 700 years using this eco-friendly wood production method.
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Daisugi: Japanese Technique to Produce Wood without Cutting Down Trees; Sustainable Forestry
This extraordinary method was born in Japan in the 14th century, they grow plants as giant bonsai and pruned the trees instead of cutting down them completely. Using this technique to cedars, the resulting wood will grow straight and uniformly, practically suitable for constructional needs. The pruning allows the stump to grow and germinate again while its wood is using.
This technique helps us to harvest straight logs without cutting down the entire tree. The term Daisugi can roughly translate to "platform cedar". In fact, this is a sustainable forestry management technique to produce a huge amount of woods without cutting down the trees.
Shoots from the base of the tree are pruned so that the trunk stays straight. It is believed that the production of logs by daisugi began in the Muromachi period. At that time, the tea ceremony became popular in part because daisugi logs were used in tea room construction, for example for the tokonoma alcove. The Kitayama area of Kyoto became especially known for its forestry of daisugi. Wikipedia says.
Since there is no such delay in growing a plant again and becoming a tree, this method is more economical than the usual method of completely cutting down trees. Due to its flexibility and durability over other types of wood, aisugi type wood has great demand in the market.
The Japanese have been producing wood for 700 years without cutting down trees. In the 14th century, the extraordinary daisugi technique was born in Japan. Indeed, the daisugi provide that these trees will be planted for future generations and not be cut down but pruned as if they were giant bonsai trees; by applying this technique to cedars, the wood that can be obtained is uniform, straight and without knots, practically perfect for construction. A pruning as a rule of art that allows the tree to grow and germinate while using its wood, without ever cutting it down.
