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Japanese Building Practice: from Ancient Times tothe Meiji Period
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Co-authored by Kenneth Frampton, the internationally-recognized architectural scholar, this overview of historical Japanese architecture and building techniques is the only English language source tracing Japanese building design from craftsman tradition to modern design and construction.
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Partial table of contents:

TYPOLOGY, COSMOLOGY, AND CONSTRUCTION METHODS.

Woven Form and Japanese Cosmology.

The Evolution of Shinto Architecture.

The Evolution of Guild Culture.

The Evolution of Tools and Methods.

CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT FROM THE THIRD CENTURY TO THE EDO PERIOD.

Architecture of the Yamato State (A.D.

350-645).

Building for War: The Rise of the Toryo (A.D.

1467-1603).

The Demise of Craftsmen: The Meiji Abolition of the Kumi.

ADOPTION OF WESTERN BUILDING TECHNOLOGY: THE GOVERNMENT ROLE.

The Flow of Prohibited Knowledge.

Hermann Ende and the German Connection.

VERNACULAR WESTERN STYLE AS CONSTRUCTED BY THE MEIJI TORYO.

Nagasaki.

Tokyo.

Local Provinces.

THE RISE OF THE MODERN JAPANESE CONTRACTOR.

Nihon Doboku Kaisha.

Kajimagumi.

Bibliography.

List of Sources for Illustrations.

Endnotes.

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