Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
They evolved from the wooden stockades of earlier centuries and came into their best-known form in the 16th century. Castles in Japan were built to guard important or strategic sites, such as ports, river crossings, or crossroads, and almost always incorporated the landscape into their defenses.
Name: in English and Japanese Type: Purpose of the site. The list includes 13 Buddhist temples ("-ji"), 3 Shinto shrines ("-jinja"), and one castle ("-jo"). Period: time period of significance, typically of construction Location: the site's location (by ward) and by geographic coordinates Description: brief description of the site
Main tower Outer moat of Osaka Castle. Osaka Castle (大坂城 or 大阪城, Ōsaka-jō) is a Japanese castle in Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan.The castle is one of Japan's most famous landmarks and played a major role in the unification of Japan during the sixteenth century of the Azuchi–Momoyama period.
Japan sea map. The earliest known term used for maps in Japan is believed to be kata (形, roughly "form"), which was probably in use until roughly the 8th century.During the Nara period, the term zu (図) came into use, but the term most widely used and associated with maps in pre-modern Japan is ezu (絵図, roughly "picture diagram").
The architecture of the monuments reflects the adaptation of Chinese influences and the subsequent development of a distinct Japanese style. [6] Himeji-jō: Hyōgo: 1993 661; i, iv (cultural) Himeji Castle is the best example of the early 17th century Japanese castle architecture. The complex comprises keeps, walls, and connecting structure. It ...
16th-century architecture in the Middle East (1 C, 1 P) 16th-century architecture in South America (1 C) * 16th-century architecture by country (14 C) A.
The three Japanese styles, wayō, Daibutsu and Zen were combined in the Muromachi period giving rise to a conglomerate eclectic style represented by the main hall at Kakurin-ji. [10] [29] By the end of the Muromachi period (late 16th century), Japanese Buddhist architecture had reached its apogee. [29]
16th century in Japan (19 C, 11 P) 17th century in Japan (20 C, 11 P) ... Architecture in Japan by century (3 C) C. Centuries in Japan by city (8 C)