Japanese architecture : a short history /
Sadler, A. L.
Japanese architecture : a short history / A.L. Sadler - Tokyo, Japan : Tuttle Publishing, c2009 - 288 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I. Introduction -- II. Early period (660 B.C.-A.D. 540) -- III. The introduction of Buddhism. Asuka period (540-640) -- IV. Hakuho period (640-720) -- V. Tempyo period (720-780) -- VI. Heian period (780-1190) -- VII. Kamakura period (1190-1340) -- VIII. Muromachi period (1340-1570) -- IX. Momoyama period (1570-1616) -- X. Edo period (1616-1860) -- XI. The Shogun's reception of the emperor -- XII. Building regulations in the Tokugawa period -- XII. Shoji, Fusuma, and ceilings -- XIV. Privy and bathroom -- XV. The kitchen -- XVI. The architect.
The book includes an overview of Japanese domestic architecture as it evolved through successive periods of history and perfected the forms so widely admired in the West. Of particular importance in this respect are the four concluding chapters, in which the distinctive features of the Japanese house are presented in clear detail. The architecture book also contains excellent illustrations, which show details of planning and construction.
9784805310434
ARCHITECTURE -- HISTORY -- JAPAN
NA 1550 .S23 2009
Japanese architecture : a short history / A.L. Sadler - Tokyo, Japan : Tuttle Publishing, c2009 - 288 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I. Introduction -- II. Early period (660 B.C.-A.D. 540) -- III. The introduction of Buddhism. Asuka period (540-640) -- IV. Hakuho period (640-720) -- V. Tempyo period (720-780) -- VI. Heian period (780-1190) -- VII. Kamakura period (1190-1340) -- VIII. Muromachi period (1340-1570) -- IX. Momoyama period (1570-1616) -- X. Edo period (1616-1860) -- XI. The Shogun's reception of the emperor -- XII. Building regulations in the Tokugawa period -- XII. Shoji, Fusuma, and ceilings -- XIV. Privy and bathroom -- XV. The kitchen -- XVI. The architect.
The book includes an overview of Japanese domestic architecture as it evolved through successive periods of history and perfected the forms so widely admired in the West. Of particular importance in this respect are the four concluding chapters, in which the distinctive features of the Japanese house are presented in clear detail. The architecture book also contains excellent illustrations, which show details of planning and construction.
9784805310434
ARCHITECTURE -- HISTORY -- JAPAN
NA 1550 .S23 2009