Book Description
First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : William Howard Coaldrake
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 32,88 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Architecture and state
ISBN : 9780415106016
First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : William H. Coaldrake
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 28,41 MB
Release : 2002-03-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1134845286
First published in 1996. Architecture is one of the most inspired manifestations of Japanese civilization, a pillar of both traditional society and the modern state. The rugged walls of Himeji Castle, the pristine perfection of the Ise Shrine, and the soaring skyscrapers of modern Tokyo are all examples of consummate artistic inspiration harnessed to building technology in the service of religion or the state. These buildings offer a unique opportunity to identify the ideas and institutions of authority, both religious and secular, embodied in built form. William Coaldrake argues that there is a symbiotic relationship between architecture and authority throughout Japanese history. Examination of Nara and Heian palaces, Kamakura temples and Momoyama castles reveals the changing countenance of aristocratic and warrior power. The study also shows how some buildings helped to mould power relations by creating a physical presence to intimidate and subordinate those under imperial and shogunal rule, such as the Palace of Nij o Castle. More recently, Western architectural styles have been used to restructure the way Japan presents itself to the outside world. Relating buildings to the political ambitions and religious beliefs of the age, this book makes a significant contribution to Japanese studies. By examining architecture as an expression of authority, William Coaldrake highlights many defining moments in Japanese history, opening up new avenues for study on both traditional and contemporary Japan.
Author : Jiro Harada
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 46,91 MB
Release : 1936
Category : Architectural practice
ISBN :
Author : Jordan Sand
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 17,89 MB
Release : 2020-05-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1684173841
"A house is a site, the bounds and focus of a community. It is also an artifact, a material extension of its occupants’ lives. This book takes the Japanese house in both senses, as site and as artifact, and explores the spaces, commodities, and conceptions of community associated with it in the modern era. As Japan modernized, the principles that had traditionally related house and family began to break down. Even where the traditional class markers surrounding the house persisted, they became vessels for new meanings, as housing was resituated in a new nexus of relations. The house as artifact and the artifacts it housed were affected in turn. The construction and ornament of houses ceased to be stable indications of their occupants’ social status, the home became a means of personal expression, and the act of dwelling was reconceived in terms of consumption. Amid the breakdown of inherited meanings and the fluidity of modern society, not only did the increased diversity of commodities lead to material elaboration of dwellings, but home itself became an object of special attention, its importance emphasized in writing, invoked in politics, and articulated in architectural design. The aim of this book is to show the features of this culture of the home as it took shape in Japan."
Author : Kevin Nute
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 33,11 MB
Release : 2020-11-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1786349671
This Here Now explains how traditional Japanese buildings respond to distinctive materials, objects and moments, and argues that the built acknowledgment of such events can help to affirm the individuality of our own being. The book also shows how buildings can help us to overcome our separateness by enabling us to share the normally subjective experiences of this, here and now.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,52 MB
Release : 1953
Category : Architecture, Japanese
ISBN :
Author : Christian Schittich
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 43,73 MB
Release : 2012-12-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 3955531678
No detailed description available for "Japan".
Author : Siegfried R. C. T. Enders
Publisher : Edition Axel Menges
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 23,89 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 3930698986
The architecture of Japan, both historic and contemporary, has attracted architects from all over the world since the early sixties. However, only recently has the Japanese approach to conservation emerged as an intriguing issue. For the first time, a Western publication attempts to portray the Japanese practice of repair--Hozon --of historic structures.
Author : Kevin Nute
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 13,79 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780419240105
"In addition to highlighting the human benefits of built environments which relate to particular place, time and being, many of the Japanese buildings examined illustrate practical strategies for revealing these universal parameters which are equally applicable beyond Japan. It is suggested that wider use of some of these approaches could not only help to sustain both environmental and cultural identities against the homogenising effects of globalisation, but also has the potential to heighten our appreciation of the peculiar condition of being here now."--Jacket.
Author : Hiroshi Watanabe
Publisher : Weatherhill, Incorporated
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 10,63 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
Examines 19 examples of modern Japanese architecture. In the last decade, a new generation of Japanese architects have begun to create architecture using a combination of the imagination of the modern architect's atelier and Japan's ancient traditions of handcrafted design.