TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sadler, A. L.
AU  - Locher, Mira.
TI  - Japanese architecture: a short history 
SN  - 9784805310434
AV  - NA 1550 .S23 2009 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Tokyo, Japan
PB  - Tuttle Publishing
KW  - ARCHITECTURE -- HISTORY -- JAPAN
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - The book includes an overview of Japanese domestic architecture as it evolved through successive periods of history and perfected the forms so widely admired in the West. Of particular importance in this respect are the four concluding chapters, in which the distinctive features of the Japanese house are presented in clear detail. The architecture book also contains excellent illustrations, which show details of planning and construction
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