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Urabe Kenkō (卜部 兼好, 1283–1350), also known as Yoshida Kenkō (吉田 兼好), or simply Kenkō (兼好), was a Japanese author and Buddhist monk. His most famous work is Tsurezuregusa (Essays in Idleness), [1] one of the most studied works of medieval Japanese literature. Kenko wrote during the early Muromachi and late Kamakura periods.
Kenkō's work predominantly reveals these themes, providing his thoughts set out in short essays of work. Although his concept of impermanence is based upon his personal beliefs, these themes provide a basic concept relatable among many, making it an important classical literature resonating throughout Japanese high school curriculum today.
Ghoji Yoshida: 吉田享二: 1887–1951 Toshiro Yamashita: 山下寿郎: 1888–1983 Kenzo Takekoshi: 竹腰健造: 1888–1981 Wajiro Kon: 今和次郎: 1888–1973 Kiyoshi Masuda: 増田清: 1888–1977 Koji Fujii: 藤井厚二: 1888–1938 Muraji Shimomoto: 下元連: 1888–1984 Matakichi Yabe: 矢部又吉: 1888–1941 Sada Horiuchi ...
Kimbell Art Museum expansion, Fort Worth, Texas, United States (2008–13) Museo delle Scienze, Trento, Italy (2007–13) Harvard Art Museums expansion and renovation, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States (2009–14) Pathé Foundation headquarters, Paris, France (2006–14) Grattacielo Intesa Sanpaolo, Turin, Italy (2011–14)
The Hōeidō edition of the Tōkaidō is Hiroshige's best known work, and the best sold ever ukiyo-e Japanese prints. [2] Coming just after Hokusai's Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji series, it established this new major theme of ukiyo-e, the landscape print, or fūkei-ga, with a special focus on "famous views".
Zenshūyō (禅宗様, "Zen style") is a Japanese Buddhist architectural style derived from Chinese Song Dynasty architecture. Named after the Zen sect of Buddhism which brought it to Japan, it emerged in the late 12th or early 13th century.
In the Azuchi-Momoyama period not only sukiya style but the contrasting shoin-zukuri (書院造) of residences of the warrior class developed. While sukiya was a small space, simple and austere, shoin-zukuri style was that of large, magnificent reception areas, the setting for the pomp and ceremony of the feudal lords.
Architecture is the process and the product of planning, designing, and constructing buildings or any other structures. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural symbols and as works of art. Historical civilizations are often identified with their surviving architectural achievements.