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Architecture
- Historical overview, from early shrines to modern trends.
Chiiori Project
- Preserving old thatched roof houses in rural Japan. For people concerned with saving and preserving the kayabuki houses that are being lost at an alarming rate.
Gassho-style Farmhouses
- Fewer than 150 houses in this style remain. The ones discussed here have been recognized by both the national government and UNESCO as cultural treasures.
Historic Architecture in Kyoto
- Photographs, basic historical facts and visitor info on the notable historic buildings of Kyoto.
Japanese Architecture
- The tea room and the Sukiya style.
Kamakura
- Photos of several temples and their grounds.
Katsura Rikyu
- The buildings and landscape design of a 17th century Imperial villa.
Shoin Architecture
- Illustrated discussion of the development of this Muromachi period style. Well organized.
The Ancient Capital of Nara and the Old Temple Todaiji
- Reconstruction efforts, centering around the early 18th century transportation and installation of two enormous beams.
The Japanese House
- Analysis of traditional Japanese domestic architecture as being based on long standing attitudes towards ideas of harmony. B&W illustrations on separate pages.
The Traditional Japanese House
- Architectural elements in terms of Japanese aesthetics and philosophy. Well illustrated.
Tondabayashi "The Sugiyama Family's Old House"
- Edo period home of a wealthy sake brewer.
Toshogu --- a Seventeenth Century Monument
- The construction of the Nikko Toshogu, mausoluem of the first Tokugawa shogun, Ieyasu, and the story of the project manager, Kohra Munehiro.
Visual Arts: Architecture
- Article discussing the impact of traditional concepts on modern Japanese architects.
Wood in Japanese Architecture
- Study into use of wood in Japanese architecture, especially vernacular architecture.
World Heritage - Traditional Houses in the Gassho Style
- The Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama. Photos, drawings, and analysis of the houses and their construction..
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