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This style had a lasting influence on later Japanese architectural styles and became the basis of modern Japanese houses. Its characteristics were that sliding doors called fusuma and paper windows called shōji were fully adopted, and tatami mats were laid all over the room. [4] [5]
The Making of a Modern Japanese Architecture, From the Founders to Shinohara and Isozaki. Kodansha International. Itoh, Teiji (1972). The Classic Tradition in Japanese Architecture — Modern Versions of the Sukiya Style. Weatherhill/Tankosha. Zwerger, Klaus (2000). Wood and Wood Joints: Building Traditions of Europe and Japan. Birkhäuser.
The style is both a precursor to and a style of Modern Japanese Architecture (近代和風建築, Kindai Wafū Kenchiku). The style emerged in Yokohama in the 1853–1867 Bakumatsu period, and spread throughout Japan after the 1868 Meiji Restoration , and then to Asian and Western countries during the expansion of the Empire of Japan .
From Colonial to modern, see pictures of architectural house styles in your area, across the country or around the world. Learn more about their history. The 25 Most Popular Architectural House Styles
Housing in Japan includes modern and traditional styles. Two patterns of residences are predominant in contemporary Japan : the single-family detached house and the multiple-unit building , either owned by an individual or corporation and rented as apartments to tenants, or owned by occupants.
Underground – Underground living, rock-cut architecture, monolithic church, pit-house; Modern low-energy systems – Straw-bale construction, earthbag construction, rice-hull bagwall construction, earthship, earth house; Various styles – Longhouse
Pages in category "Modernist architecture in Japan" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. ... Row House in Sumiyoshi; S. St. Mary's Cathedral ...
Shoin-zukuri (Japanese: 書院造, 'study room architecture') is a style of Japanese architecture developed in the Muromachi, Azuchi–Momoyama and Edo periods that forms the basis of today's traditional-style Japanese houses.