Japanese architecture : a short history / A.L. Sadler ; with a new foreword by Mira Locher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sadler, A. L. (Arthur Lindsay), 1882-1970.

Standardized Title:

Short history of Japanese architecture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Japan--History.

Architecture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tokyo ; Rutland, Vt. : Tuttle Pub., c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A. L. Sadler's invaluable study of Japanese architecture first appeared in 1941. Considered a classic in its field, unequaled in clarity and insight, Japanese Architecture A Short History is a lucid and uncomplicated introduction to this important aspect of Japanese culture. Beginning with the earliest evidences from prehistory and ending with the Edo period, when Japan attained stature as a modern state, Japanese Architecture is as relevant today as it was in 1941.

Contents:

Foreword

Preface

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

Appendices

Bibliography

Plates

Index.

Notes:

Originally published: A short history of Japanese architecture, 1963.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-13814-X

9786613138149

1-4629-0001-1

OCLC:

730151922