The Architecture of Tokyo"This is the first guide to introduce in one volume the architecture of the Tokyo region, encompassing Tokyo proper and adjacent prefectures, in all its remarkable variety. The buildings are presented chronologically and grouped into six periods: the medieval period (1185-1600), the Edo period (1600-1868), the Meiji period (1868-1912), the Taisho and early Showa period (1912-1945), the post-war reconstruction period (1945-1970) and the contemporary period (1970 until today). This comprehensive coverage permits those interested in Japanese architecture or culture to focus on a particular era or to examine buildings within a larger temporal framework. A concise discussion of the history of the region and the architecture of Japan develops a context within which the individual works may be viewed.". |
Contents
Foreword | 7 |
Edo period | 14 |
Period of reconstruction and growth | 116 |
Contemporary period | 142 |
Index of artists | |
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Antonin Raymond Architect and Associates Auditorium Bank bays deep bays wide Bijutsukan Biru built ceiling Chiba Prefecture Chiba Prefecture Plan Chiyoda-ku Chûô City columns construction courtyard Daigaku designed district Edo Castle Edo period entrance facilities former front gable roof gallery gate Hibiya hip-and-gable roof Hotel Imperial Japan Japanese Jûtaku Kamakura Kan'eiji Kanagawa Prefecture Kantô Earthquake Kawagoe Keiô Kita'in Kôen Kunio Maekawa Kyôto leyasu located Main Building Main Hall Marunouchi Meiji period meters Minato-ku Ministry Mita Mitsui Naka-ku Nihon Nikken Sekkei one-story originally Palace park Prefecture Plan G7 reinforced concrete structure Residence Kyû Saitama Prefecture Saitama Prefecture Plan Sakura sect Seibu Shinjuku Line shogunate shoin Shrine side space Station Tange temple thatched hip roof three bays square tiled tion Tokugawa Tôkyô University Tôkyû tower ture two-story Ueno Ueno Station walk walls Waseda wood Yamanote Line Yokohama Yokohama Plan XVIII Zen style