Japanese architecture
Subtitle: a short history
By: by A.L. Sadler.
Publisher: Tuttle Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Tokyo; Rutland, Vt
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9784805310434
Subjects: Architecture -- Japan -- History
Work titles: Short history of Japanese architecture
Notes: Originally published: A short history of Japanese architecture, 1963.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Chapter page; title: Foreword; title: Preface; title: I. Introduction; title: II. Early period (660 B.C.-A.D. 540); title: III. The introduction of Buddhism. Asuka period (540-640); title: IV. Hakuho period (640-720); title: V. Tempyo period (720-780); title: VI. Heian period (780-1190); title: VII. Kamakura period (1190-1340); title: VIII. Muromachi period (1340-1570); title: IX. Momoyama period (1570-1616); title: X. Edo period (1616-1860); title: XI. The Shogun's reception of the emperor; title: XII. Building regulations in the Tokugawa period; title: XII. Shoji, Fusuma, and ceilings; title: XIV. Privy and bathroom; title: XV. The kitchen; title: XVI. The architect; title: Appendices; title: Bibliography; title: Plates; title: Index.