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...

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...

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...

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

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...

(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...

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

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

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

of Aneha Architectural Design Office in Chiba Prefecture had falsified earthquake design calculations, setting off a scandal dubbed in Japanese media as...

which the eaves protrude, a functionally essential element of Japanese Buddhist architecture. The system also has an important decorative function. The system...

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...

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....

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

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

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...

finials found in Japanese and Shinto architecture. Chigi predate Buddhist influence and are an architectural element endemic to Japan. They are an important...

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

Shinto architecture is the architecture of Japanese Shinto shrines. With a few exceptions like Ise Grand Shrine and Izumo Taisha, Shinto shrines before...

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

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...

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"...

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