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Japanese architecture : a short history
Title:
Japanese architecture : a short history
Author:
Sadler, A. L. (Arthur Lindsay), 1882-
Uniform Title:
Short history of Japanese architecture
Publication Information:
Tokyo ; Rutland, Vt. : Tuttle Pub., [2009]

©2009
Physical Description:
288 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
General Note:
Originally published: A short history of Japanese architecture, 1963.
Language:
English
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.
ISBN:
9784805310434
Format :
Book