Impressions of Japanese architecture / by Ralph Adams Cram ; with a new foreword by Mira Locher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cram, Ralph Adams, 1863-1942.

Contributor:

Cram, Ralph Adams, 1863-1942.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Japan.

Architecture.

Art, Japanese.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tokyo ; Rutland, Vt. : Tuttle Pub., c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Written at a time when Japanese art was only beginning to be appreciated in the West, Impressions of Japanese Architecture conveys a sense of discovery and enthusiasm that modern readers will find as interesting and infectious as the book's first readers did. Long considered a classic, this new edition contains a foreword by acclaimed contemporary architect and author, Mira Locher. Originally published about one hundred years ago, Impressions of Japanese Architecture is still of immense value to anyone wishing for a better understanding of Japanese architecture, art

Contents:

The early architecture of Japan

The later architecture of Japan

Temples and shrines

Temple gardens

Domestic interiors

The minor arts

A color print of Yeizan

A note on Japanese sculpture

The future of Japanese art.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Related Work:

Cram, Ralph Adams, 1863-1942. Impressions of Japanese architecture and the allied arts.

ISBN:

1-283-26237-1

9786613262370

1-4629-0080-1

OCLC:

746746699