The homes of the Japanese aristocracy illustrate the intimate relationship between traditional architecture and landscaping in this text.
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This review is from: Japanese Residences and Gardens (Hardcover)
I bought the book because I intend to build a japanese style house.This book is useless in residence design.The title is wrong!The book is about famous royal palaces and sorroundings.It contains exactly nineteen beautiful color pictures, showing some general views of six imperial palaces and gardens. Short descriptions and historical details are presented with a score of black and white pictures and some sketcks. It is difficult to believe that this ordinary book was written by the former leading authority in premodern Japanese architecture. I recommend "Form & Space in Japanese Architecture" by Norman Carver Jr, who really understood and captured the the japanese spirit.
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Dated but nice,
This review is from: Japanese Residences and Gardens (Hardcover)
I read the first edition of this book, wich dates from 1995. So the information is old, though relevant.
If Japanese gardens are new to you and you want a quick insight into this matter (on less than 30 pages of text), exemplified on some 5 of the most important gardens in Japan to learn about the history and its most important aspect: the integration of the garden with the surrounding architecture, this is a good book. One of the advantages of reading older books, like this one, is that is shows you fotos which are old too. This book contains fotos from gardens in times long go by, in which you can see many differences with the actual situation. So also it gives you some clues on the development of these gardens. For example the foto of Ryoanji shows the garden with the surrounding earthen wall topped with a tiled roof. This roof over the wall is now made of bark, which to my opinion looks nicer because of its more informal character. Though old, I liked this book.
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The Japanese have traditionally cherished their natural environment and cultivated a unique harmony between their surroundings and their way of life. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
shoin complex, shinden complex, shoin style, sukiya style, decorative alcove Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Imperial Palace, Katsura Detached Palace, Ninomaru Palace, New Palace, Old Shoin, Katsura Palace, Middle Shoin, Palanquin Entry New!
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The Japanese have traditionally cherished their natural environment and cultivated a unique harmony between their surroundings and their way of life. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
shoin complex, shinden complex, shoin style, sukiya style, decorative alcove Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Imperial Palace, Katsura Detached Palace, Ninomaru Palace, New Palace, Old Shoin, Katsura Palace, Middle Shoin, Palanquin Entry New!
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- Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings (Dover Architecture) by Edward S. Morse in Back Matter
- The Garden Art of Japan (The Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art ; no. 28) by Masao Hayakawa in Back Matter
- Feudal Architecture of Japan (The Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art, V.13) by Kiyoshi Hirai in Back Matter
- Katsura: A Princely Retreat by Akira Naito in Back Matter
- Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art by Yutaka Tazawa in Back Matter
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- Introduction to Japanese Architecture (Periplus Asian Architecture Series) by Michiko Kimura Young in Back Matter
- The Gardens of Japan by Itoh Teiji in Back Matter
- The Gardens of Japan by Teiji Itoh in Back Matter
- Shoko-Ken: A Late Medieval Daime Sukiya Style Japanese Tea-House (East Asia Series) by Robin Noel Walker in Back Matter
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