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Fawcett, Chris. NEW JAPANESE HOUSE: RITUAL AND ANTI-RITUAL PATTERNS OF DWELLING.
New York Harper & Row 1980 0064330109 / 9780064330107 First edition Hardcover Near Fine/VG+
192 pp. 200 illustrations / photographs. Approx. 9 x 11 in. Original, lively and controversial, this book cuts across a whole range of preconceptions about Japanese architecture that have informed successive critical theories in the West. Challenging common but nonsubstantive notions such as "exotic", "oriental", and "eastern", the author re-examines the Japanese house as a complex of cultural influences within which the affirmation of ritual, the ceremonial side of home life, is distinct. This argument naturally entails a re-examination of the terms "Metabolism" and "Post-Metabolism," and of the tenuous relationship between "architecture" and the metropolitan, urban character of Japan as a whole.In an analysis which seeks to interpret not only the general nature of the house and how it functions, but also the dynamics of the urban environment, Chris Fawcett draws on a wide range of sources and illustrations including striking photographs supplied by the many architects mentioned.
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Hibi, Sadao. JAPANESE DETAIL: ARCHITECTURE.
Chronicle Books 1989 0877015465 / 9780877015468 Paperback Near Fine
142 pp. Approx. 9 x 12in. Renowned for its tranquility and serenity, its simple, elegant lines, and harmonious use of natural forms, Japanese architecture is admired by designers, architects, and homeowners alike for its easy grace. Japanese Detail: Architecture surveys the essential elements of the Japanese aesthetic. From rough-hewn flagstone paths to the majestic lines of traditional roofs, from luminescent shoji screens and pristine paper walls to intricate latticework and ornate furnishings, this beautiful sourcebook draws together all the exquisite details of a style that is as timeless as it is contemporary.Sadao Hibi is the author of several books on the history and art of his native Japan. His work has also been featured on a series of Japanese postal stamps.
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Isozaki, Arata and Tadao Ando, Terunobu Fujimori, Kengo Kuma, Hiroshi Hara. THE CONTEMPORARY TEA HOUSE JAPAN'S TOP ARCHITECTS REDEFINE A TRADITION.
Kodansha International 2007 4770030460 / 9784770030467 First edition Hardcover Fine in Fine DJ
136 pp. Approx. 9 x 12 in. 40 oz.The tea house is one of Japan's most original and significant architectural forms: a small, simple space for the tea ceremony that traditionally requires a hearth, straw-mat flooring, and a low entrance.Modern Japanese architects have found the challenge of redefining this highly formalized and constrained idiom almost impossible to resist. The Contemporary Tea House features twenty works that reveal the way world-renowned Japanese architects approach this intriguing subject using materials as disparate as charcoal plastic, and titanium. The participating architects are Arata Isozaki, Tadao Ando, Terunobu Fujimori, Hiroshi Hara, and Kengo Kuma.In his introduction Fujimori gives a historical overview of the tea ceremony and the tea house that puts the modern works in context. Isozaki, Ando, and Fujimori then take a behind-the-scenes look at their works and the creative process. Hara and Kuma contributed captions and brief explanations of their pieces as well.A number of owners use their buildings as a stage for the tea ceremony, while others enjoy them as spaces for meditation and reflection. There are even some who have discovered their tea houses are an optimal place to relax with a drink or a good book.Directed at both the general reader and the specialist, this visually stunning book explores the works of these masters of modern Japanese architecture through superb photographs and informative drawings.
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Lancaster, Clay. JAPANESE INFLUENCE IN AMERICA.
New York Walton H. Rawls 1963 Hardcover Fair
292 pp. Approx. 12 x 9 in. 8 color plates and 216 B/W illustrations.
Ex-Library book with usual markings. Contents crisp, clean, unmarked and free of tears. Silk boards are faded and worn at extremities. Interior front hinge is cracked. Small stains, top & bottom of text block which do not intrude upon interior.
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Mitchelhill, Jennifer and David Green. CASTLES OF THE SAMURAI: POWER AND BEAUTY.
Kodansha International 2004 4770029543 / 9784770029546 Hardcover Fine in Fine DJ
112 pp. Approx. 7.5 x 10.5in. 22oz.The castles of Japan are both technical and aesthetic marvels. They are technical marvels in that they are perfectly suited to their roles of defensive fortresses and administrative centers in time of war. They are aesthetic marvels in that every curve and line reflects an extraordinary sense of beauty. How these castles came about, how they were built, and what their ultimate fate was, all this is depicted in sensitive prose and eye-opening photography.The great period of castle building in Japan occurred in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, when powerful lords such as Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu were striving to unite the nation. This was the time of the famous swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, who fought on the losing side in one of the decisive battles of this era. Over a hundred awe-inspiring castles were constructed in a short forty years.This book gives not only the background to this era, but also details the essential elements of castle construction, such as location, layout, walls, moats, towers, storehouses, gates, shooting holes, and more. Each of these elements is described and illustrated in such a way as to etch them on the mind.Last is the question of why the samurai of that time took such pains to make their castles things of beauty rather than unadorned, utilitarian strongholds. The answer to this question is found in the fact that the samurai were more than simple fighting men; they were also men of culture who had the power and the resources to express their aesthetic tastes even in the construction of castles.Written in sharp, clear prose, illustrated with powerful, full-color photographs, Castles of the Samurai is the perfect introduction to one of Japan's greatest architectural achievements. The book also contains a wealth of practical information for tourists who plan to visit the sites of the surviving castles.
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Slesin, Suzanne et al. JAPANESE STYLE.
New York Clarkson Potter 1987 0517560801 / 9780517560808 Later printing Hardcover Fine in Near Fine DJ
287 pp. Approx. 10x10 in. Color photos throughout. In almost 800 stunning full-color photographs Japanese Style captures the richness and diversity of modern Japan: from architect-designed contemporary homes to centuries-old farmhouses and inns that represent the dual influences of tradition and change. On this densely populated island nation, elegance and restraint have been refined to a high art. Japanese Style holds many lessons, and delights, for Westerners ans is a marvelous evocation of the never-ending romance of Japan.
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Ueda, Atsushi. INNER HARMONY OF THE JAPANESE HOUSE.
Tallahassee Kodansha Intn'l. 1998 4770023537 / 9784770023537 Paperback New
204 pp. 189 x 257mm. 24oz. With the possible exception of the woodblock print, no other aspect of Japanese culture has been so widely embraced outside Japan as the traditional Japanese home. Interior decorators, architects, and homeowners from the West have been borrowing from Japanese architecture since Frank Lloyd Wright, yet the fundamentals of the Japanese abode remain something of a mystery. What is the age-old sensibility behind it? Why do luminaries in the field hold it up as one of mankind's most successful blends of function, tradition, and nature? Atsushi Ueda ably answers these questions in Inner Harmony, which became a bestseller in his native Japan and continues to be used in high schools and colleges throughout the country. Breaking down the living space into its primary elements--shoji, partitions, pillars, garden, and so onÑUeda reveals the underlying patterns and hidden harmony that took centuries to evolve: he discusses the ways in which shoji exploit the natural light to create a subdued radiance; the way decorated sliding doors and moveable partitions define one's sense of living space; and the function of a miniature garden as viewed from inside the house as well as out. In the manner of John McPhee and Tracy Kidder, Professor Ueda unravels the concealed concepts at work in the Japanese living space, and brings compelling insights and a long-needed clarity to the subjectÑall in the best tradition of contemporary literary nonfiction.
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