Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Shofuso is the first and only place in the United States to house a combination of Japanese contemporary art in the background of traditional Japanese architecture. The City of Philadelphia dedicated Senju's murals on April 27, 2007, and Mayor John F. Street issued a proclamation naming April 27 "Senju Day".
Ando's interpretation of this was demonstrated by his idea of reacquainting the Japanese house with nature, a relationship he thought had been lost with Modernist architecture. His first projects were for small urban houses with enclosed courtyards (such as the Azuma House in Ōsaka in 1976).
The udatsu inherited the function of a fire break, but initially it was a method of establishing the extent of ownership in long terraces of row houses. [ 18 ] During the evolution of minka , the machiya townhouses gradually changed its construction away from perishable and flammable materials to those of a more durable nature.
more images: A free-standing folding screen. Paper on frame. In Japan, these are rarely left plain; they are usually painted. [15] Kichō (几帳) more images: T-shaped stand with curtain, with ties Made from parallel lengths of narrow-loom cloth (tanmono). Used in Heian Japan; [16] all but obsolete by the Edo Period [13] Chōdai (帳台) more ...
Jo-an is a chashitsu (tea house) and inscribed as a National Treasure. Chashitsu in its garden setting, Itsuku-shima, c. 1900. Chashitsu (茶室, "tea room") in Japanese tradition is an architectural space designed to be used for tea ceremony (chanoyu) gatherings.
That same year, a survey carried out by the Japanese economic planning agency showed that 62.3 per cent of the Japanese population owned a detached two-storeyed house. [ 8 ] In the 1980s, a new home in Japan cost 5-8 times the annual income of the average Japanese, and 2-3 times that of an average American. [ 9 ]
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 architecture movement of the late 19th and early 20th century, which intentionally incorporated Japanese architectural and Western architectural components into one building design.
For fire accidents occurring in temples and shrines, out of leniency the shogunate only penalized the firestarters with seven days of enryo (遠慮), or light house arrest, in which discrete night excursions were tolerated. Even a fire that coincided with the shogun's visit or turned great would only add another three days to the punishment.