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Japanese building practice : from ancient times to the Meiji period / Kenneth Frampton, Kunio Kudo and Keith Vincent

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: N.Y. : Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1997Description: vii, 167 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0442020317
  • 0471286966
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 690.0952 FRA
Contents:
Foreword. - Acknowledgments. - I. Typology, Cosmology, and Construction Methods / Kenneth. Frampton. 1. Woven Form and Japanese Cosmology. 2. The Evolution of Japanese Built Form. 3. The Evolution Of Shinto Architecture. 4. The Spiritual Ethos in Japanese Carpentry. 5. The Evolution of Guild Gulture. 6. The Development of the Apprenticeship System. 7. The Evolution of Tools and Methods. 8. The Tectonic Lexicon. - II. Construction Administration and Management from the Third Century to the Edo Period / Kunio Kudo, Keith Vincent. 9. Architecture of the Yamato State (A.D. 350-645). 10. Japan's First Bureaucracy (A.D. 645-950). 11. Architecture Under the Shoen System (A.D. 950-1467). 12. Building for War: The Rise of the Toryo (a.D. 1467-1603). 13. The Business of Building: Capitalism and Construction. 14. Architecture Under the Tokugawa Shogunate. 15. The Demise of Craftsmen: The Meiji Abolition of the Kumi. - III. Adoption of Western Building Technology: The Government Role / Kunio Kudo, Keith Vincent. 16. The Flow of Prohibited Knowledge. 17. Architecture for the Military and Industry. 18. The Age of Thomas Waters. 19. Josiah Conder and Tokyo University. 20. Hermann Ende and the German Connection. - IV. Vernacular Western Style as Constructed by the Meiji Toryo / Kunio Kudo, Keith Vincent. 21. Nagasaki. 22. Yokohama. 23. Tokyo. 24. Local Provinces. - V. The Rise of the Modern Japanese Contractor / Kunio Kudo, Keith Vincent. 25. Shimizugumi. 26. Nihon Doboku Kaisha. 27. Takenakakomuten. 28. Kajimagumi. - Bibliography. - List of Sources for Illustrations. - Endnotes.
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Foreword. - Acknowledgments. - I. Typology, Cosmology, and Construction Methods / Kenneth. Frampton. 1. Woven Form and Japanese Cosmology. 2. The Evolution of Japanese Built Form. 3. The Evolution Of Shinto Architecture. 4. The Spiritual Ethos in Japanese Carpentry. 5. The Evolution of Guild Gulture. 6. The Development of the Apprenticeship System. 7. The Evolution of Tools and Methods. 8. The Tectonic Lexicon. - II. Construction Administration and Management from the Third Century to the Edo Period / Kunio Kudo, Keith Vincent. 9. Architecture of the Yamato State (A.D. 350-645). 10. Japan's First Bureaucracy (A.D. 645-950). 11. Architecture Under the Shoen System (A.D. 950-1467). 12. Building for War: The Rise of the Toryo (a.D. 1467-1603). 13. The Business of Building: Capitalism and Construction. 14. Architecture Under the Tokugawa Shogunate. 15. The Demise of Craftsmen: The Meiji Abolition of the Kumi. - III. Adoption of Western Building Technology: The Government Role / Kunio Kudo, Keith Vincent. 16. The Flow of Prohibited Knowledge. 17. Architecture for the Military and Industry. 18. The Age of Thomas Waters. 19. Josiah Conder and Tokyo University. 20. Hermann Ende and the German Connection. - IV. Vernacular Western Style as Constructed by the Meiji Toryo / Kunio Kudo, Keith Vincent. 21. Nagasaki. 22. Yokohama. 23. Tokyo. 24. Local Provinces. - V. The Rise of the Modern Japanese Contractor / Kunio Kudo, Keith Vincent. 25. Shimizugumi. 26. Nihon Doboku Kaisha. 27. Takenakakomuten. 28. Kajimagumi. - Bibliography. - List of Sources for Illustrations. - Endnotes.