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The Making of a Modern Japanese Architecture, From the Founders to Shinohara and Isozaki. Kodansha International. Sumner, Yuki; Pollock, Naomi (2010). New Architecture in Japan. London: Merrell. ISBN 978-1-85894-450-0. Takasaki, Masaharu (1998). An Architecture of Cosmology. Princeton Architectural Press. Tanigawa, Masami (2008).
The Imperial Crown Style (帝冠様式, teikan yōshiki) of Japanese architecture developed during the Japanese Empire in the early twentieth century. The style is identified by Japanese-style roofing on top of Neoclassical styled buildings; [1] and can have a centrally elevated structure with a pyramidal hip roof. Outside of the Japanese ...
The Imperial Palace (皇居, Kōkyo, literally 'Imperial Residence') is the main residence of the Emperor of Japan.It is a large park-like area located in the Chiyoda district of the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo and contains several buildings including the Fukiage Palace (吹上御所, Fukiage gosho) where the Emperor has his living quarters, the main palace (宮殿, Kyūden) where various ceremonies ...
Architecture; Cultural Landscapes; ... Emperor Shōwa's sixty-three-year reign from 1926 to 1989 is the longest in recorded Japanese history. ... The Empire of Japan ...
It has been destroyed and rebuilt eight times, six of them during the 250-year-long peace of the Edo period. The version currently standing was completed in 1855, with an attempt at reproducing the Heian period architecture and style of the original dairi of the Heian Palace. The grounds include a number of buildings, along with the imperial ...
Pages in category "Architecture in Japan" The following 67 pages are in this category, out of 67 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Traditional Japanese architecture (4 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Japanese architectural history" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
Shimoda Kikutarō (Japanese: 下田 菊太郎, 2 May 1866 – 26 December 1931 [1]) was an architect who created the prototype of the Imperial Crown Style for the Japanese Empire. [2] He was a native of Akita, in northern Honshu, and moved to Tokyo in 1881, when he was fifteen. At Keio University, he enrolled in an architecture course under ...