Japanese Homes and Lifestyles : An Illustrated Journey Through History

by Inaba, Kazuya; Nakayama, Shigenobu

• ISBN13: 9784770023919
• ISBN10: 477002391X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: Kodansha Amer Inc

Summary

A complete illustrated history of the architecture of Japanese domesticwellings, this book includes floor plans, tools, elevation and city maps.ivided into five parts - prehistory, ancient, medieval, early modern andodern - it also includes a travel guide to architectural sites.

Table of Contents

Preface	8	(2)
David B. Stewart
The Prehistoric Period (Before 10,000 B.C. --ca. 590)	10	(17)
The First Pit Dwellings	12	(1)
The Use of Tools and Fire	13	(1)
Hunting, Gathering, and Agriculture in the Jomon Period	14	(2)
The Jomon Pit Dwelling	16	(1)
Changes in the Jomon Pit Dwelling	17	(1)
Rice Cultivation in the Yayoi Period	18	(2)
The Raised Storehouse--Symbol of the Yayoi Village	20	(1)
The Interior of the Yayoi Pit Dwelling	21	(1)
The Transition from Village to ``State''	22	(2)
Diversification of the Pit Dwelling in the Burial Mound Period	24	(1)
The Raised Dwelling--Symbol of Authority in the Burial Mound Period	25	(1)
The Evolution of Building Tools	26	(1)
The Ancient Period (590--1192)	27	(16)
The Ritsuryo Code and the Establishment of Centralized Government	28	(2)
From Pit Dwelling to Ground-Level Dwelling	30	(1)
Articles of Everyday Use in the House	31	(1)
Life in the Heijo and Heian Capitals	32	(2)
The Structure of the Heian Townhouse	34	(1)
The Moving and Transformation of the Capital	35	(1)
The Lives of the Aristocracy	36	(2)
The Heian Capital and the Shinden Style	38	(4)
New Construction Techniques	42	(1)
The Medieval Period (1192--1603)	43	(16)
Private Estates and Manor Lords	44	(2)
The Dwellings of the Farmer	46	(1)
The Structure of the Farmer's House	47	(1)
Medieval Townhouses and the Emergence of Guilds	48	(2)
The Structure of Medieval Townhouses	50	(1)
New Business Appear in the Cities	51	(1)
Samurai Dwellings	52	(2)
The Beginnings of the Shoin Style	54	(1)
Zashiki Fittings and Their Formalization	55	(1)
Medieval Building Techniques and Craftsmen	56	(2)
New Tools--The Two-Man Ripsaw and Bench Plane	58	(1)
The Edo Period (1603--1867)	59	(34)
Village Life and the Farming Community	60	(2)
The Farmhouse and the Hiroma	62	(2)
Regional Variations of the Farmhouse (1)	64	(2)
Regional Variations of the Farmhouse (2)	66	(4)
Regional Variations of the Farmhouse (3)	70	(4)
Development of the Castle Town	74	(3)
Merchants Flock to Edo	77	(1)
The Plan of a Main-Street Store	77	(2)
Life in the Back Streets	79	(2)
The Back-Street Rowhouse	81	(1)
The Castle Town and the Life of the Samurai	82	(2)
The Maturation of the Shoin Style	84	(1)
The Tea Room	85	(1)
The Homes of the Lower-Ranking Samurai	86	(1)
Samurai Rowhouses	87	(1)
A Variety of Towns	88	(2)
Builders and Master Carpenters	90	(1)
Roof Types	91	(1)
Sophisticated Techniques	92	(1)
The Modern Period (1868--Present)	93	(25)
The Meiji Restoration and Western-style Architecture	94	(2)
Western-style Residences	96	(1)
Western-style Dwellings and Daily Life	97	(1)
The Modernization of Housing	98	(1)
New Dwellings in the Towns	99	(1)
The Inequalities of Modernization	100	(2)
The ``Inner Corridor'' Type House	102	(3)
Modern Rowhouses	105	(1)
Apartments	106	(1)
Modernization of the House in the Taisho Period	107	(1)
Postwar Housing--Rebuilding Amidst the Rubble	108	(2)
New Housing Proposals	110	(1)
A Variety of Experiments	111	(1)
Apartment House Complexes (Danchi)	112	(1)
High-Rise Housing and the New Towns	113	(1)
A New Housing Industry and Innovation in Residential Architecture	114	(2)
Housing in Japan Today	116	(2)
Index	118