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heavy timbers.
structure
Interior - multitude
or sometimes none
floors
sliding shoji doors coffered ceiling lath-and-plaster
walls
tokonoma (display
alcoves)
Genkan(entrance)
Architecture in Japan
THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY
Reconstructed storehouse
Prehistoric Period
Asuka Period
ASUKA PERIOD
the term was first used to describe a
the Buddha, other Buddhist images, an altar or altars with various objects and space for monks and worshipers.
Asuka Period
Asuka Period
Shinto Shrines -places of worship and the dwellings of the kami, the Shinto "gods
Main Features:
Komainu Torii Chozuya
Main sanctuary
Shinto Shrine
Asuka Period
shinden-zukuri - the style was characterised by symmetrical buildings placed as arms that defined an inner garden
Heian Period
Kamakura Period
T h e J a p a n e s e P o l i t i c a l p o w e r w a s r u n b y
Samuri.
M a n y h o u s e s w e r e j u s t p l a i n , s y m m e t r i c a l ,
Sanju-Sangen-Do -Hall with thirty three spaces between columns - contains 1,000 lifesize statues of the Thousand Armed Kannon
The Sanju-Sangen-Do
Kamakura Period
Tea House
For tea cermonies Must have an
Tea House
Kamakura Period
Azuchi-Momoyama Period
In response to a militaristic time, the castle, a defensive structure, was built to keep out intruders or attackers.
Defense features:
elaborate mazes of
triangular and circular holes for firing arrows and guns, for pouring boiling oil and rocks
Himeji Castle
the best of Japan's
castles
one of the few with
Terumasa.
It has managed to
avoid being destroyed by a fire or natural disaster and was never attacked.
Azuchi-Momoyama Period
This period brought back a lot of classic Japanese architecture. The city of Edo was struck by fires repeatedly so architecture was simplified to allow for easy rebuilding. Enhanced Architecture:
Machiya
Katsura-Detached Palace
Typical Machiya
(townhouses)
Edo Period
Meiji Period
Change in technology
lot of Japan had to be rebuilt, but the new Japan looked much different than old Japan.
The styles went from
Modern Architecture