UID:
edocfu_9959230703202883
Format:
1 online resource (360 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-134-84528-6
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0-203-29901-9
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0-203-04283-2
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1-280-32979-3
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1-134-84529-4
Series Statement:
The Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series
Content:
'This will be by far the best book on the place of architecture, especially monumental public architecture, in Japanese history and culture ... It is a major contribution to the cultural history of Japan.' - Martin Collcutt, Princeton
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Introduction; Authority in Architecture Container and Contained; The Grand Shrines of Ise and Izumo The Appropriation of Vernacular Architecture by Early Ruling Authority; Great Halls of Religion and State Architecture and the Creation of the Nara Imperial Order; Heian Palaces and Kamakura Temples The Changing Countenances of Aristocratic and Warrior Power; Castles The Symbol and Substance of Momoyama and Early Edo Authority; Nij Castle and the Psychology of Architectural Intimidation
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Tokugawa Mausolea Intimations of Immortality and the Architecture of Posthumous AuthorityShogunal and Daimyo Gateways The Intersecting Spheres of Arbitrary Will and Technical Necessity; Building the Meiji State The Western Architectural Hierarchy; Tange Kenz's Tokyo Monuments New Authority and Old Architectural Ambitions; Beyond Vanity and Evanescence; Notes; Chronological Table; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-10601-X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-05754-X
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203042830
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