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Directory > Regional > Asia > Japan > Arts_and_Entertainment > Traditional > Architecture

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Shoin Architecture - http://www.columbia.edu/itc/ealac/V3613/shoin/mainpage.htm
Illustrated discussion of the development of this Muromachi period style. Well organized.

Response of Traditional Wooden Japanese Construction - http://nisee.berkeley.edu/kobe/tobriner.html
Shows the weaknesses in traditional Japanese wooden homes in the face of earthquakes.

The World Heritage Shirakawa-go - http://www.vill.shirakawa.gifu.jp/e/
Shirakawa Commerce and Industry Society provides a visitor guide to the village noted for its traditional Gassho style houses.

Visual Arts: Architecture - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+jp0119)
Article discussing the impact of traditional concepts on modern Japanese architects.

Chiiori Project - http://www.chiiori.org
Preserving old thatched roof houses in rural Japan. For people concerned with saving and preserving the kayabuki houses that are being lost at an alarming rate.

Architecture - http://web-japan.org/webjapan/search/Culture_Architecture_00.html
Examines architecture in Japan influenced by foreign cultures as well as climate; landscape and examples of both traditional and modern architecture including temples, shrines, castles and bridges.

Architecture - http://web-japan.org/museum/arch.html
Historical overview, from early shrines and temples to castles and modern trends.

Jaspanese Country Style (Minka-Ichiku) - http://www.minka-ichiku.com/
Information on preserving and converting traditional Japanese farm houses (minka) for modern living. Includes additional material related to Yoshihiro Takishita's book "Japanese Country Style" and the houses he has built.

The Traditional Japanese House - http://www.japanlinks.ch/traditional_japanese_house/
Details the elements of a traditional Japanese house, and the Japanese attitude toward aesthetics, balance, harmony, economy and beauty.

The Japanese House - http://home.worldcom.ch/~negenter/410JapHouseTxE1.html
Analysis of traditional Japanese domestic architecture as being based on long standing attitudes towards ideas of harmony. Black and white illustrations on separate pages.

Historic Architecture in Kyoto - http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/org/orion/eng/hstj/histj.html
Photographs, basic historical facts and visitor info on the notable historic buildings of Kyoto.

Tondabayashi "The Sugiyama Family's Old House" - http://www.kiis.or.jp/kansaida/tondabayashi/tondabayashi04-e.html
Edo period home of a wealthy sake brewer.

Japanese Architecture in Kansai - http://www.kippo.or.jp/culture_e/build.htm
Structures such as temples, castles, tea rooms and their component elements.

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