Japan's wooden heritage
Subtitle: a journey through a thousand years of architecture
By: Terunobu Fujimori and Mitsumasa Fujitsuka ; translated by Hart Larrabee = Nihon mokuzō isan : sennen no kenchiku o tabisuru / chosha Fujimori Terunobu, Fujitsuka Mitsumasa ; yakusha Hāto Rarabī
Contributors: Fujitsuka, Mitsumasa, 1939- author, illustrator; Larrabee, Hart, translator
Edition: First edition.
Series: Japan library; Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan)
Publisher: Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture (JPIC)
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9784916055828
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: History; Wooden-frame buildings; Architecture; Vernacular architecture
Other titles: Nihon mokuzō isan :
Work titles: Nihon mokuzō isan
Description: "Japan's Wooden Heritage: A Journey Through a Thousand Years of Architecture brings together essays by architectural historian Terunobu Fujimori and photographs by Mitsumasa Fujitsuka, and commentary by structural engineer Mikio Koshihara that originally appeared in Kateigahō, Japan's premier magazine of art and culture, supplemented with additional essays by Mitsumasa Fujitsuka. What distinguishes this volume is its selection of 23 locations--including well-known temples and shrines but also lesser-known structures--to represent a broad scope of architectural styles, functions, and time periods; the outstanding photographs; and the distinct approaches taken by each of the three essayists"--
Notes: "With supplemental notes by Mikio Koshihara"--Title page verso.

"This book is a translation of Nihon mokuzō isan : sennen no kenchiku o tabi suru (Sekai Bunka Publishing, Inc., 2014), which compiled a series of articles--planned and photographed by Mitsumasa Fujitsuka and written by Terunobu Fujimori with commentary by Mikio Koshihara--that were originally published in Kateigahō magazine, supplemented with additional essays by Mitsumasa Fujitsuka"--Page 002.

Text translated from the Japanese.
Table of contents: title: The Jōdo-dō (Pure Land Hall) at Jōdo-ji Temple; title: The Hōō-dō (Phoenix Hall) at Byōdō-in Temple; title: Kintai-kyō Bridge; title: Matsumoto Castle; title: Ōtaki Shrine; title: The Nakamura House at Narai-juku; title: The Zaō-dō Hall at Kinpusen-ji Temple; title: The old Konpira Grand Theatre (Kanamaru-za); title: The Goshadō of Akagami Shrine; title: Rinshun-kaku Villa; title: Nageire-dō Hall; title: Covered bridges; title: The Sanjūsangen-dō Hall (Rengeō-in Temple); title: The main hall at Izumo Taisha Shrine; title: The Kannon-dō Hall at Kasamori-ji Temple; title: Seison-kaku Villa; title: The Aizu Sazae-dō Hall; title: The ferryman's hut at Suge; title: The Ō-dō (Great Hall) at Fuki-ji Temple; title: The five-tiered pagoda at Rurikō-ji Temple; title: The Tsubokawa House; title: The Jo-an Tea Ceremony House; title: Itsukushima Shrine; title: Wooden Heritage seen with as architectonic eye.