Japanese architecture (日本建築, Nihon kenchiku) has been typified by wooden structures, elevated slightly off the ground, with tiled or thatched roofs. Sliding...

Japanese Buddhist architecture is the architecture of Buddhist temples in Japan, consisting of locally developed variants of architectural styles born...

Japanese art Japanese art consists of a wide range of art styles and media that includes ancient pottery, sculpture, ink painting and calligraphy on silk...

Japanese-Western Eclectic Architecture (Japanese: 和洋折衷建築, Hepburn: Wayō Se'chū Kenchiku) is an architectural style that emerged from the Eclecticism in...

essence of Japanese culture. Using Japanese architecture as an example, Wright was able to verify the validity and solidity of his organic architecture ideas...

(Beijing, China), 1703–1790 Japanese architecture: The Himeji Castle (Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan), 1609 Khmer architecture: The Bakong (near Siem Reap...

A torii (Japanese: 鳥居, [to.ɾi.i]) is a traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically...

Metabolism (Japanese: メタボリズム, Hepburn: metaborizumu, also shinchintaisha (新陳代謝)) was a post-war Japanese biomimetic architectural movement that fused...

important material in Japanese architecture. Arata Isozaki: Isozaki was born on July 23, 1931, in Kyushu, Japan. He studied architecture at the University...

Traditional Japanese architecture uses post-and-lintel structures – vertical posts, connected by horizontal beams. Rafters are traditionally the only...

Sasaki (27 June 2021). "The Japanese House: The Basic Elements of Traditional Japanese Residential Architecture". Meguri Japan. Retrieved 2022-11-13. "Lacunar" ...

variety of building types, including banks, schools, and churches. Japanese architecture and prints, interests of Frank Lloyd Wright in particular, inspired...

(障（しょう）子（じ）, shōji, Japanese pronunciation: [ɕo:(d)ʑi]) is a door, window or room divider used in traditional Japanese architecture, consisting of translucent...

The Architectural Institute of Japan, or AIJ, is a Japanese professional body for architects, building engineers, and researchers in architecture. The...

century, Japan has incorporated much of Western modern architecture into construction and design. It was not until after World War II that Japanese architects...

Postmodern architecture is a style or movement which emerged in the 1960s as a reaction against the austerity, formality, and lack of variety of modern...

era opened Japan to Western influences, enriching and diversifying Japanese culture. Popular culture shows how much contemporary Japanese culture influences...

Japanese dragons (日本の竜/龍, Nihon no ryū) are diverse legendary creatures in Japanese mythology and folklore. Japanese dragon myths amalgamate native legends...

tokonoma. American architect Frank Lloyd Wright was influenced by Japanese architecture. He translated the meaning of the tokonoma into its Western counterpart:...

examples of architecture resulted. Some historic buildings were also redecorated using Japanese ornamentation methods. Meanwhile, the Japanese government...

yōshiki) of Japanese architecture developed during the Japanese Empire in the early twentieth century. The style is identified by Japanese-style roofing...

Alexander Soper (1955). The Art and Architecture of Japan. New Haven: Yale University Press. 天守閣は物置だった？｢日本の城｣の教養10選 (in Japanese). Toyo Keizai. 23 June 2016....

related to Pagodas in Japan. Iwanami Kōjien (広辞苑) Japanese dictionary, 6th Edition (2008), DVD version "JAANUS". Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System...

works and the translation of Japanese aesthetic principles are highly influential on Japanese architecture. Another Japanese minimalist architect, Kazuyo...

Giyōfū architecture (擬洋風建築, Giyōfū-kenchiku, "pseudo-Western-style architecture" pronounced [ɡijoːɸɯː]) was a style of Japanese architecture which outwardly...

employed traditional Japanese architecture in their exterior appearance while the interiors were an eclectic mixture of fashionable Japanese and European elements...

for privacy. Kichō Makisu Nankin Tamasudare Noren Shōji "sudare". Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System. Retrieved August 23, 2011. "「すだれ資料館」のホームページへようこそ"...

Yakisugi (Japanese: 焼杉, lit. 'burnt Japanese cedar ') is a traditional, very old Japanese method of wood preservation. It is also referred to as shō sugi...

Japanese gardens (日本庭園, nihon teien) are traditional gardens whose designs are accompanied by Japanese aesthetics and philosophical ideas, avoid artificial...

Japanese carpentry Wikimedia Commons has media related to Japanese hand saws. "Nokogiri". Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System. Japanese saw...