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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449999003321

Autore

Coaldrake William Howard

Titolo

Architecture and authority in Japan / / William H. Coaldrake

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996

ISBN

1-134-84528-6

0-203-29901-9

0-203-04283-2

1-280-32979-3

1-134-84529-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (360 p.)

Collana

The Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series

Disciplina

720/.1/03

Soggetti

Public architecture - Japan

Architecture and state - Japan

Symbolism in architecture - Japan

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-313) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

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

Sommario/riassunto

'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