Japan Style

by Tada, Kimie

• ISBN13: 9780804835923
• ISBN10: 0804835926
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-01-15
• Publisher: Tuttle Pub

Summary

Enter the world of the stylish Japanese house, where every object in sight is a work of art. Japan Style introduces 20 special residences. With more than 200 color photographs, this book showcases the stunning beauty of old homes, and reveals how they are cared for by their owners.Traditional Japanese homes, with superbly crafted fine wood, great workmanship and seasonal interior arrangements, have an aesthetic of infinite simplicity. Unlike Japanese inns and historical buildings, the houses featured in this book are private property and are not open to public viewing. Japan Style offers a rare glimpse into the intimate world of the everyday Japanese and fascinating insight into the traditional architecture of Japan.

Author Biography

Kimie Tada graduated from Rikkyo University (Tokyo) with a degree in English Literature. She was editor-in-chief of Confort, a Japanese interior design magazine, and now runs an editorial company she established in 2000.

Table of Contents

What is Japanese about a Japanese house?	p. 8
A tea master's dream lives on	p. 20
Summer style in a Kyoto Machiya	p. 38
Exuberant spontaneity in an interior in Osaka	p. 52
House of Ikebana	p. 68
A Kaga-style teahouse to sooth the soul	p. 76
A celebration of lacquer craft	p. 88
Coming home to an old Machiya	p. 98
Antiques find a new home in an old Minka	p. 108
A house with a cosmopolitan interior	p. 120
A potter meets his Minka	p. 132
An old farmhouse gears up for the future	p. 138
A home in snow country	p. 146
A Sukiya-style setting for an art gallery	p. 160
An old parlor with an old tree	p. 170
The evolution of a modern home	p. 178
A cottage shaped by old memories	p. 184
A room for viewing light and shadows of life	p. 190
A tribute to masters of modernism	p. 196
A house with a view of Mount Asama	p. 204
A new house and a tree	p. 214
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