Architecture and Modern Japan - History, Technology, and Nation 1850-1920

Architecture and Modern Japan shows how architecture in Japan transformed between 1850 and 1920 as Japan evolved from an isolated feudal country into a modern power.

List of contents

1. The End of an Era (1850-1875) 2. Architecture and the New State (1868-86) 3. Colonizing the Northern Frontier (1868-1882) 4. The Maturation of the "Western" (1885-1909) 5. The Re-creation of the "Traditional" (1889-1915) 6. The Domestic Turn (1887-1909) 7. Style and Structure in the New Century 8. New Directions. Bibliography. Image Credits. Index

Summary

Architecture and Modern Japan shows how architecture in Japan transformed between 1850 and 1920 as Japan evolved from an isolated feudal country into a modern power.

Product details

• Authors: Choi, Don Choi, Don (California Polytechnic State University Choi
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 31.01.2019, delayed
• EAN: 9781138183964
• ISBN: 978-1-138-18396-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Japan, ARCHITECTURE / Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation, Architectural structure & design, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, c 1500 onwards to present day, Archaeology, History of Architecture, Asian History, History and Archaeology, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Architectural structure and design