Impressions of Japanese Architecture

136 Pages·2011·4.02 MB·English

by  Ralph Adams Cram

IMPRESSIONS OF JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE

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Cram, Ralph Adams, 1863-1942.
Impressions of Japanese architecture / by Ralph Adams Cram ; with a new
foreword by Mira Locher. -1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4629-0080-0
1. Architecture--Japan. 2. Art, Japanese. I. Cram, Ralph Adams, 1863-1942.
Impressions of Japanese architecture and the allied arts. II. Title.
NA1550.C73 2010
720.952--dc22
2010010854
ISBN 978-1-4629-0080-0
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Contents
List of Illustrations 8
Foreword 11
CHAPTER 1: The Early Architecture Of Japan 22
CHAPTER 2: The Later Architecture Of Japan 38
CHAPTER 3: Temples And Shrines 54
CHAPTER 4: Temple Gardens 73
CHAPTER 5: Domestic Interiors 85
CHAPTER 6: The Minor Arts 104
CHAPTER 7: A Color Print Of Yeizan 115
CHAPTER 8: A Note On Japanese Sculpture 127
CHAPTER 9: The Future Of Japanese Art 143
Endnotes 153
Index 155
List Of Illustrations
Plate
1 The Monastery of Horiuji 25
2 The Pagoda of Horiuji 26
3 The Kondo, Horiuji Elevation 27
4A & 4B Section and Elevation of Pagoda, Horiuji 29, 30
5 Yakushiji Pagoda 33
6 Ho-o-do, Uji 34
7 Sanctuary of the Ho-o-do 35
8 Kinkakuji, Kyoto 39
9 Nikko Gate 42
10 An Interior Nikko 42
11 An example of curve composition 43
12 A Yashiki Gate 46
13 The Royal Palace, Kyoto 47
14 Kumamoto Castle 48
15 Hikone Castle 49
16 A Contemporary Shinto Shrine 62
17 A Torii 63
18 Type of Revived Enryaku 64
19 Kasuga Gate, Nara 67
20 Interior of Chion-in Kyoto 69
21 A Buddhist High-Altar 70
22 Before the Shrine of Iyeasu. 71
23 In the Forest of Nara 74
24 At Shiogama 75
25 Narita Steps 76
26 The Garden of Ishi-yama 77
27A Koshoji Gate, Uji 79
27B A Monastery Garden, Kyoto 80