japanese architecture
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PREPARED BY : SITI NADHIRAH & NUR FAZIRA
Japanese Architecture
Japanese Architecture
climate
BuddhismChina
Features of Japanese
Architecture
•Roof is made of heavy timbers.
•Made of wood
•Post-and-lintel structure
• Interior - multitude of
partially-screened, geometrically-
arranged rooms with sliding doors
•built with few nails or sometimes none
Features of Traditional Japanese
Home•made of wood
•has tatami mat floors
•sliding shoji doors
•coffered ceiling
•lath-and-plaster walls
•tokonoma (display alcoves)
•Genkan(entrance)
THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY
Architecture in Japan
Prehistoric Period
•small buildings
•thatched roofs
•dirt floors(made of wood if the area is humid)
Reconstructed storehouse
“ASUKA PERIOD” • the term was fi rst used to descr ibe a period in the history of Japanese fi ne-
arts and architecture
• was infl uenced by the introduct ion of Buddhism from China v ia Korean
Peninsula
Asuka Period
Asuka Period
Click icon to add pictureThe Main
Worship Hall
-usually found at the center of the temple grounds
- Inside are images of the Buddha, other Buddhist images, an altar or altars with various objects and space for monks and worshipers.
Main Worship Hall(Kondo)
Asuka Period
Five Story Pagoda
•have five stories represent the five elements :
•Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, Sky
The Five Story Pagoda
Asuka Period
Shinto Shrines
-places of worship and the dwellings of the kami, the Shinto "gods“
Main Features:
•Komainu
•Torii
•Chozuya
•Main sanctuary
Shinto Shrine
Heian Period
shinden-zukuri
- the style was characterised by symmetrical buildings placed as arms that defined an inner garden
The Phoenix HallShinden-Zukuri
•The Japanese Pol i t ica l power was run by Samuri .
•Many houses were just p la in , symmetr ical , and contained trenches
but they were s imple and sturdy.
Kamakura Period
Kamakura Period
Sanju-Sangen-Do
-Hall with thirty three spaces
between columns
- contains 1,000 life-size statues of
the Thousand Armed Kannon
The Sanju-Sangen-Do
The Thousand Armed Kannon
Kamakura Period
Tea House
•For tea cermonies
•Must have an atmosphere of
calm and meditation
•The only adornment was a
hanging scroll with calligraphy or a
flower arrangement
Tea House
In response to a mi l i tar ist ic t ime, the cast le , a defensive structure, was bui l t to keep out intruders or attackers .
Azuchi-Momoyama Period
Defense features:
•elaborate mazes of halls, corridors and tunnels
•Defensive walls with triangular and circular holes for firing arrows and guns, for pouring boiling oil and rocks
Azuchi-Momoyama Period
Himeji Castle
•the best of Japan's castles
•one of the few with some its
original interior and exterior intact.
•was built by Ikeda Terumasa.
•It has managed to avoid being
destroyed by a fire or natural disaster
and was never attacked.
Himeji Castle aka White Heron Castle
Edo Period
This period brought back a lot of classic Japanese architecture.
The city of Edo was struck by fires repeatedly so architecture was simplified to allow for easy rebuilding.
Enhanced Architecture:
•Machiya (townhouses)
Katsura-Detached Palace
Typical Machiya
Meiji Period
•Emperor Meiji took charge, new and different forms of culture moved into Japan.
•European influences slowly managed to work their way to architecture.
Nara National Museum
Modern Architecture
•Change in technology greatly affected the architecture.
•After World War II a lot of Japan had to be rebuilt, but the new Japan looked much different than old Japan.
•The styles went from big, rectangular prisms to long and tall skyscrapers.
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