Architecture and authority in Japan / William H. Coaldrake.
Material type: TextSeries: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies seriesPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1996Description: xxi, 337 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 041505754X
- 9780415057547
- 720.103
- NA9050.5. C63 1996
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-313) and index.
Series Editor's Preface -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- Introduction -- 1. Authority in Architecture: Container and Contained -- 2. The Grand Shrines of Ise and Izumo: The Appropriation of Vernacular Architecture by Early Ruling Authority -- 3. Great Halls of Religion and State: Architecture and the Creation of the Nara Imperial Order -- 4. Heian Palaces and Kamakura Temples: The Changing Countenances of Aristocratic and Warrior Power -- 5. Castles: The Symbol and Substance of Momoyama and Early Edo Authority -- 6. Nijo Castle and the Psychology of Architectural Intimidation -- 7. Tokugawa Mausolea: Intimations of Immortality and the Architecture of Posthumous Authority -- 8. Shogunal and Daimyo Gateways: The Intersecting Spheres of Arbitrary Will and Technical Necessity -- 9. Building the Meiji State: The Western Architectural Hierarchy -- 10. Tange Kenzo's Tokyo Monuments: New Authority and Old Architectural Ambitions -- 11. Beyond Vanity and Evanescence -- Notes -- Chronological Table -- Index.
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