What is Japanese Architecture?: A Survey of Traditional Japanese Architecture
A useful, concise compendium of infor mation about Japanese architecture, copiously illustrated with line drawings which augment text descriptions of Jap anese structures. Encyclopedic in ap proach, the book is arranged by chap ters that cover broad building types. Within each chapter, particular styles, important works, and notable cities are discussed. Augmenting the text is a list ing of sites, a bibliography, and an in dex. A good book to satisfy the increas ing interest in Japanese culture. Recommended for most libraries. Ed ward H. Teague, Univ. of Florida Libs., GainesvilleCopyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.