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Katsura: Imperial Villa
by
Arata Isozaki ,
Yoshiharu Matsumura , Manfred Speidel , Bruno Taut , Walter Gropius , Kenzo Tange , Francesco Dal Co
A detailed history of Katsura, the seventeenth-century Imperial Palace in Kyoto, Japan, a pivotal work of Japanese architecture, often described as the 'quintessence of Japanese taste'. First revealed to the modern architectural world by Bruno Taut, the great German architect, in the early twentieth-century, Katsura stunned and then excited the architectural community of t
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Paperback, 402 pages
Published
September 19th 2011
by Phaidon Press
(first published December 1st 2005)
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Katsura Imperial Villa is the crown jewel of Japan and an important world cultural heritage. The villa best exemplifies traditional Japanese and Zen Buddhist ideas through its ceremonial arrangements of buildings and gardens. It has been a major source of inspiration for modern architecture.
Katsura Imperial Villa locating along south bank of Katsura River at the outskirt of Kyoto is constructed at the beginning of 1600s by Prince Hachij' Toshihito. ...more
Katsura Imperial Villa is the crown jewel of Japan and an important world cultural heritage. The villa best exemplifies traditional Japanese and Zen Buddhist ideas through its ceremonial arrangements of buildings and gardens. It has been a major source of inspiration for modern architecture.
Katsura Imperial Villa locating along south bank of Katsura River at the outskirt of Kyoto is constructed at the beginning of 1600s by Prince Hachij' Toshihito. ...more
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