日本建築とは何か What is Japanese Architecture?: A Survey of Traditional Japanese Architecture

Nishi, Kazuo/ Hozumi, Kazuo

Kodansha America, Inc（2012/05発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 144 p.／サイズ 350 line drawings
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781568364124
• DDC分類 722.12

基本説明

With over 300 drawings that illuminate the essentials of discussion more concretely than words could ever do, and a text that is succinct and always to the point, this book is divided into four parts - one each dealing chronologically with religious structures, residences, castles, and places of entertainment.

Full Description

Traditional Japanese architecture-whether Buddhist temples or Shinto shrines, residences, castles, or teahouses-has become increasingly familiar around the world. Through the media of motion pictures, art books, T.V. documentaries and dramas such as Shogun, as well as through personal experience, more and more people have gained an acquaintance and appreciation of the architecture of premodern Japan. Some may even be able to name or recognize the oldest and the largest wooden structures in existence, which are to be found in Japan at Horyuji and Todaiji respectively. Yet often this