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    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...
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    Japanese Buddhist architecture is the architecture of Buddhist temples in Japan, consisting of locally developed variants of architectural styles born...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    essence of Japanese culture. Using Japanese architecture as an example, Wright was able to verify the validity and solidity of his organic architecture ideas...
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    (Beijing, China), 1703–1790 Japanese architecture: The Himeji Castle (Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan), 1609 Khmer architecture: The Bakong (near Siem Reap...
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    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...
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    century, Japan has incorporated much of Western modern architecture into construction and design. It was not until after World War II that Japanese architects...
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  • Traditional Japanese architecture uses post-and-lintel structures – vertical posts, connected by horizontal beams. Rafters are traditionally the only...
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    variety of building types, including banks, schools, and churches. Japanese architecture and prints, interests of Frank Lloyd Wright in particular, inspired...
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    Torii (redirect from Japanese gateway)
    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...
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  • important material in Japanese architecture. Arata Isozaki: Isozaki was born on July 23, 1931, in Kyushu, Japan. He studied architecture at the University...
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  • Sasaki (27 June 2021). "The Japanese House: The Basic Elements of Traditional Japanese Residential Architecture". Meguri Japan. Retrieved 2022-11-13. "Lacunar" ...
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    Shoji (redirect from Japanese Doors)
    (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...
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  • The Architectural Institute of Japan, or AIJ, is a Japanese professional body for architects, building engineers, and researchers in architecture. The...
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    era opened Japan to Western influences, enriching and diversifying Japanese culture. Popular culture shows how much contemporary Japanese culture influences...
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    of Aneha Architectural Design Office in Chiba Prefecture had falsified earthquake design calculations, setting off a scandal dubbed in Japanese media as...
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    which the eaves protrude, a functionally essential element of Japanese Buddhist architecture. The system also has an important decorative function. The system...
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    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...
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    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....
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    finials found in Japanese and Shinto architecture. Chigi predate Buddhist influence and are an architectural element endemic to Japan. They are an important...
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    works and the translation of Japanese aesthetic principles are highly influential on Japanese architecture. Another Japanese minimalist architect, Kazuyo...
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    examples of architecture resulted. Some historic buildings were also redecorated using Japanese ornamentation methods. Meanwhile, the Japanese government...
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  • Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System, or JAANUS, is an online dictionary of Japanese architecture and art terms compiled by Dr. Mary Neighbour...
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    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"...
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    Giyōfū architecture (擬洋風建築, Giyōfū-kenchiku, "pseudo-Western-style architecture" pronounced [ɡijoːɸɯː]) was a style of Japanese architecture which outwardly...
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  • 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...
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    Hall] (in Japanese). Chūson-ji. Archived from the original on 2010-03-04. Retrieved 2009-11-14. "hougyou-zukuri". JAANUS – Japanese Architecture and Art...
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    Tokonoma (redirect from Toko (architecture))
    a ceremonial core in his architecture. Fireplace mantel Higashiyama culture in the Muromachi period Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary, Kenkyusha...
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    Shinto architecture is the architecture of Japanese Shinto shrines. With a few exceptions like Ise Grand Shrine and Izumo Taisha, Shinto shrines before...
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