shoji in japanese architecture - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library

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The Lesson of Japanese Architecture

Book by Jiro Harada; Studio Limited, 1954

Subjects:

Architectural Practice--Japan, Architecture, Domestic--Japan, Architecture--Japan, Gardens, Japanese

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...style of architecture 55...HISTORIC JAPANESE BUILDINGS...A cottage in Mr Sekis...silhouette on the shoji 138...Western World in Japanese architecture has greatly...revealed in Japanese architecture even at the...
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Japanese Architecture

Book by William Alex; G. Braziller, 1963

Subjects:

Architecture--Japan

Collections: Entire Library

...screens, shoji , made of...translucent paper. In summer these...the floor in Japanese architecture has remained...widespread in Japanese domestic architecture of the last...but evident in ordinary...state or a shoji -covered wall...
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From Castle to Teahouse: Japanese Architecture of the Momoyama Period

Book by John B. Kirby Jr.; Charles E. Tuttle Publishing, 1962

Subjects:

Architecture--Japan--History

Collections: Entire Library

...concealed. Emman-in 19. Sliding...integral part of Japanese architecture. Hojo of...Two Types of Shoji: Koshishoji...ceilings in shoin architecture varied widely in ornateness...porches. Shoji, the light...doors used in Japanese houses, are...
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Impressions of Japanese Architecture and the Allied Arts

Book by Ralph Adams Cram; Marshall Jones, 1930

Subjects:

Architecture--Japan, Art--Japan

Collections: Entire Library

...characteristic of the last stages of Japanese architecture; the walls were covered with black...protected by great rolls of cement. In the centre of the principal facade...protect the rice-paper screens, or shoji, that formed the outer walls of...
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The Lotus Sutra in Japanese Culture

Book by George J. Tanabe Jr., Willa Jane Tanabe; University of Hawaii Press, 1989

Subjects:

Japan--Civilization--Buddhist Influences--Congresses

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...history of the Lotus Suta as it developed and was interpreted in China and Japan. When we look at Buddhism and Japanese culture, we cannot speak of literature, art, architecture, and crafts from the national treasures and important cultural...

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Frank Lloyd Wright and Japanese Architecture: A Study in Inspiration

Journal article by Kevin Nute; Journal of Design History, Vol. 7, 1994

Subjects:

Design--History

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...Wilson, American Arts and Crafts architecture, in W. Kaplan (ed.), The Art...over openings in the traditional Japanese domestic interior. 13...sliding screens, the fusuma and shoji . On McKim, Mead Whites integration...
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Ise Shrine and a Modernist Construction of Japanese Tradition

Journal article by Jonathan M. Reynolds; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 83, 2001

Subjects:

Church architecture--Analysis, Shinto shrines--Analysis

Collections: Entire Library

...building material in Japanese architecture. Ise was also an early manifestation...diagonals and curved lines, In a move that reveals Kawazoes...contemporary art and design: The Japanese discovered a unique method...To paste new paper on the shoji, which set the basic tone of...
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Canonizing Kannon: The Ninth-Century Esoteric Buddhist Altar at Kanshinji

Journal article by Cynthea J. Bogel; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 84, 2002

Subjects:

Buddhism and art--9th century, Buddhists--Monuments, statues, etc., Icons--Japan, Japan--Religion, Ritual--Japan, Statues--Religious aspects, Temples, Buddhist--9th century

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...of persons--Buddhist or other--in Japanese history. He was ordained a member...unidentified ritual. Image halls in exoteric Japanese monasteries, typically a main...Esoteric and non-Esoteric traditions. In Japanese Esoteric practice the honzon can...
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The Impact of William Morris in Japan 1904 to the Present

Journal article by Shuichi Nakayama; Journal of Design History, Vol. 9, 1996

Subjects:

Design--History

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...all the crafts together into architecture . . . Since Morris devoted...craftsman . . . would also result in our admiring his greatness...C12). As is well known, the Japanese have long placed a high value...the close interchange with Shoji Hamada and Kanjiro Kawai...
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A Checklist of Scholarship on Southern Literature for 1995

Journal article by Jerry T. Williams; The Mississippi Quarterly, 1996

Subjects:

Literature--Bibliography, Southern States--Literature

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...he consumes himself ..." 206. Saito, Shoji. "Nihon--Hitotsu no Shiron Hochu--Lafcadio...Note on Japan, an attempt at intpretation: in quest of Lafcadio Hearn, thinker. Eureka...scientist and evolutionist thinker who observed Japanese people and society with penetrating insight...

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Japanese Transition

Magazine article by Penny Mcguire; The Architectural Review, Vol. 200, October 1996

Subjects:

Architecture, Japanese--Occidental influences, Dwellings--Design and construction, Wardle, John--Practice

Collections: Entire Library

...of settling in Australia, and to this spacious rus in suburbes. There was no attempt on the part of either...clients or the architect to import obvious icons of Japanese tradition, like the shoji screen or tatami mat, or to establish scale and proportion...
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A Touch of Japan - the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens

Magazine article by Molly Arost Staub; World and I, Vol. 17, August 2002

Subjects:

Gardens, Japanese, Japanese gardens, Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, Morikami, George--Donations, Museums

Collections: Entire Library

...Japanese-style architecture and landscaping...the ocean in Delray Beach...Museum and Japanese Gardens provides...sliding, shoji-like doors...since much of Japanese architecture is in the form...reviewed Japanese architecture, particularly temples, in books and...
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Urban Interaction: These Ingenious Electronic Screens Provide New Forms of Interactive Thrills for Tokyo's Jaded Urbanites

Magazine article by Michael Webb; The Architectural Review, Vol. 213, April 2003

Subjects:

Architectural firms, Architectural practice, Commercial buildings--Design and construction, Consumer electronics industry--Buildings, facilities, etc., Klein Dytham Architecture--Services, Mitsubishi Shoji--Buildings, facilities, etc., Tokyo, Japan--Buildings, facilities, etc.

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...Palace Garden into a japanese version of the Champs-Elysees...rents three floors in the Shin Marunouchi...commissioned Klein Dytham Architecture to create a ground-floor...middle ground between architecture and environmental...architects brought in Toshio Iwai, an artist specializing in interface design...
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Back to Nature

Magazine article by Paula Deitz; The Architectural Review, Vol. 207, January 2000

Subjects:

Architects--Technique, Architecture, Japanese--Technique

Collections: Entire Library

...is regulated by traditional shoji screens and the electric light...artist Isamu Noguchi. A built-in desk and bookcase make a private...wall construction in ancient Japanese structures, notably in teahouse architecture, Its buttery glow blends with...
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Tokyo Translucence: This New Living and Work Space in Tokyo Makes the Most of a Tight Urban Site and Lyrically Reinterprets Japanese Tradition

Magazine article by Michael Webb; The Architectural Review, Vol. 214, May 2003

Subjects:

Architects--Works, Joint occupancy of buildings--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Joint occupancy of buildings--Design and construction, Kuma, Kengo--Works

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...Finnish Spirit of Nature Wood Architecture Award for a body of work that...palisades of bamboo glimmer in the sunlight and cast bars...reinvented the traditional Japanese house, with its post and beam...structure and infill of translucent shoji screens. Here, steel is employed...

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An Oriental Oasis; A Serene Japanese Garden Is the Perfect Antidote to Busy City Life. Pattie Barron Falls for the Far East

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 7, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Chelsea Flower Show, for The Japanese Way, and made many visitors...the delphiniums and ordering in the maples. "In Japan, there...morning, you slide open the shoji screens, kneel on a cushion...courtyard, which is framed by the architecture of the house, and so becomes...
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Zen and the Art of Design Four Stunning Books Celebrate Asian Style from Traditional to Cutting Edge

Newspaper article by Deborah Donovan; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 7, 2001

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Terunobu Fujimori, professor of architecture at Tokyo University, works in wood and is dedicated to greening...Westerners can learn from the Japanese tactics for building small...industrial greenhouse components. Shoji screens stand available, but...
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Wright Windows, Wrong Setting; Exhibition at Renwick Sheds No Light

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 29, 2003

Subjects:

Wright, Frank Lloyd

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...evoke the translucent light of Japanese shoji screens. Exhibit curator andscholar...glass Julie L. Sloan emphasizes in the exhibit labeling that Mr. Wright...them as part of an ensemble of architecture and furnishings. Unfortunately...
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Sculptor Shaped by the Sharp Ravages of Exile and War

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), July 1, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...century. A common appreciation with Rie of modern architecture is perceived in many of his wares, which matured and became...complemented each other. It was here they met Shoji Hamada, a Japanese potter working with Leach in St Ives, whose...

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Japanese Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...period the standard for domestic architecture was set and has been maintained...day. The principal style of Japanese dwelling of the upper class...of movable panels that slide in grooves. Wood panels (used...flexibly subdivided by screens ( shoji ) into a series of airy spaces...

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