Japan and the West : An Architectural Dialogue

Jackson, Neil

Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd（2019/06発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 472 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781848222960
• DDC分類 720.952

Full Description

This book discusses the architectural influence that Japan and the West have had on each other during the last 150 years. While the recent histories of Western and Japanese architecture have been well recorded, they have rarely been interwoven.

Based on extensive research, Japan and the West provides a synthetic overview that brings together the main themes of Japanese and Western architecture since 1850 and shows that neither could exist in its present state without the other. It should be no surprise that Meiji architecture drew heavily upon Western precedents, or that Le Corbusier was strongly influenced by the Japanese minka. In considering these histories, this book demonstrates the mutual inter-dependence of both architectural cultures while, at the same time, acknowledging their differences.

In conclusion, the book moves beyond style and structure to the Japanese concept of ma — the pause or the space between, and demonstrates how this concept has found a place in Western architecture.

Contents

Prelude. Part I: Shogun. 1. the Chained Country; 2. The Japanese Ambassadors; 3. The Land of the Morning; Part II: Meiji. 4. The Japanese Pavilions; 5. The Art-Architects; 6. The Manners of the West; 7. The Western Architects; 8. The Japanese Architects; Part III: Taisho. 9. The Winds of Heaven; 10. The Shaken Reed; 11. The Principle of Evolution; Part IV: Showa. 12. The Artist Samurai; 13. The Presence of Le Corbusier; 14. The Pacific Rim; 15. The West and Japan