| Directory > Regional > Asia > Japan > Arts and Entertainment > Traditional > Architecture Jaspanese Country Style (Minka-Ichiku)
Information on preserving and converting traditional Japanese farm houses (minka) for modern
living. Contains additional material related to Yoshihiro Takishita's book "Japanese Country
Style" and the houses he has built.
http://www.minka-ichiku.com/
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Museum Meiji-Mura
Open air museum for preserving and exhibiting Japanese architecture of the Meiji period, 1868-1912.
http://www.meijimura.com/english/index-e.html
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The World Heritage Shirakawa-go
Shirakawa Commerce and Industry Society provides a visitor guide to the village noted for its
traditional Gassho style houses.
http://www.vill.shirakawa.gifu.jp/e/
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Japanese Architecture in Kansai
Structures such as temples, castles, tea rooms and their component elements.
http://www.kansai.gr.jp/culture/build_e.htm
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Architecture
Historical overview, from early shrines to modern trends.
http://www.jinjapan.org/today/culture/culture6.html#arc
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Historic Architecture in Kyoto
Photographs, basic historical facts and visitor info on the notable historic buildings of Kyoto.
http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp./org/orion/eng/hstj/histj.html
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Chiiori Project
Preserving old thatched roof houses in rural Japan. For people concerned with saving and
preserving the kayabuki houses that are being lost at an alarming rate.
http://www.chiiori.org
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Gassho-style Farmhouses
Fewer than 150 houses in this style remain. The ones discussed here have been recognized by both
the national government and UNESCO as cultural treasures.
http://jin.jcic.or.jp/atlas/architecture/arc08.html
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The Traditional Japanese House
Architectural elements in terms of Japanese aesthetics and philosophy. Well illustrated.
http://www.swifty.com/apase/charlotte/@Ejh.html
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Shoin Architecture
Illustrated discussion of the development of this Muromachi period style. Well organized.
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/ealac/V3613/shoin/mainpage.htm
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Visual Arts: Architecture
Article discussing the impact of traditional concepts on modern Japanese architects.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+jp0119)
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The Japanese House
Analysis of traditional Japanese domestic architecture as being based on long standing attitudes
towards ideas of harmony. B&W illustrations on separate pages.
http://home.worldcom.ch/~negenter/410JapHouseTxE1.html
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Tondabayashi "The Sugiyama Family's Old House"
Edo period home of a wealthy sake brewer.
http://www.kiis.or.jp/kansaida/tondabayashi/tondabayashi04-e.html
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Toshogu: a Seventeenth Century Monument
The construction of the Nikko Toshogu, mausoluem of the first Tokugawa shogun, Ieyasu, and the
story of the project manager, Kohra Munehiro.
http://www.jgc.co.jp/waza/a2_nikko/toshog01.htm
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Katsura Rikyu
The buildings and landscape design of a 17th century Imperial villa.
http://www.jgc.co.jp/waza/a3_katsura/rikyu02.htm
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The Ancient Capital of Nara and the Old Temple Todaiji
Reconstruction efforts, centering around the early 18th century transportation and installation of
two enormous beams.
http://www.jgc.co.jp/waza/a1_nara/todaij01.htm
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Japanese Architecture
The tea room and the Sukiya style.
http://www.kippo.or.jp/culture/build/beauty/naka_e.htm
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