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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.
List of works [ edit ] Lever House , 390 Park Avenue , Manhattan Manufacturers Trust Company Building at 510 Fifth Avenue , Manhattan Willis Tower , formerly known as the Sears Tower, in Chicago 7 World Trade Center , New York City Shaklee Terraces , San Francisco , completed 1979 with a flush aluminum and glass facade and rounded corners.
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.
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.
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".
This is a list of the main architectural works in Florence, Italy by period. It also includes buildings in surrounding cities, such as Fiesole . Some structures appear two or more times, since they were built in various styles.
This list of works by Renzo Piano categorizes the work of the Pritzker Prize-winning architect. The following are some of his major constructions: The following are some of his major constructions: Nemo Science Centre in Amsterdam.
Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田 博, Yoshida Hiroshi, September 19, 1876 – April 5, 1950) was a 20th-century Japanese painter and woodblock printmaker. Along with Hasui Kawase , he is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the shin-hanga style, and is noted especially for his landscape prints.