Katsura imperial villa /
Arata Isozaki [and others] ; edited by Virginia Ponciroli.
- 397 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), plans ; 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references (page 396).
The diagonal strategy : Katsura as envisioned by "Enshu's taste" -- Katsura and its space of ambiguity -- Architectonic polysemy -- The authorship of Katsura : the diagonal line / The imperial villa of Katsura : photographs by Yoshiharu Matsumura -- Entrance to the villa -- The shoin complex -- The garden and the teahouses -- Interpretations of Katsura -- Bruno Taut and the Katsura villa / Reflections on Katsura / Architecture in Japan / Tradition and creation in Japanese architecture / "La princesse est modeste" / Arata Isozaki -- Manfred Speidel -- Bruno Taut -- Walter Gropius -- Kenzo Tange -- Francesco Dal Co. 1. 2. 3.
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Katsura Rikyū (Kyoto, Japan)--Pictorial works.
Palaces--Japan--Kyoto--Pictorial works Palaces--Japan--Kyoto--Designs and plans Architecture--Japan--Edo period, 1600-1868.