Publisher's Synopsis
This overview of the construction, design, carpentry and background of Japanese architecture presents information on building methods, urban planning, use of gardens and the relation between social change and architectural styles. Traditional Japanese architecture-whether Buddhist temples or Shinto shrines, residences, castles, or teahouses-has become increasingly familiar around the world. Through the media of motion pictures, art books, T.V. documentaries and dramas such as Shogun, as well as through personal experience, more and more people have gained an acquaintance
