architecture

1. Japanese Architecture

2. Japanese
Architecture
climate
BuddhismChina

3. 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

4. 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)

5. T H R O U G H O U T T H E H I S T O R Y
Architecture in Japan

6. Prehistoric Period
•small buildings
•thatched roofs
•dirt floors(made of
wood if the area is
humid)
Reconstructed storehouse

7. “ASUKA PERIOD”
• the term was first used to describe a
period in the history of Japanese fine -arts
and architecture
• was influenced by the introduction of
Buddhism from China via Korean Peninsula
Asuka Period

8. Asuka Period
The 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)

9. Asuka Period
Five Story Pagoda
•have five stories
represent the five
elements :
•Earth, Water,
Fire, Wind, Sky
The Five Story Pagoda

10. 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

11. Heian Period
shinden-zukuri
- the style was
characterised by
symmetrical buildings
placed as arms that
defined an inner
garden
The Phoenix Hall
Shinden-Zukuri

12. •The Japanese Political power was run by
Samuri.
•Many houses were just plain, symmetrical,
and contained trenches but they were
simple and sturdy.
Kamakura Period

13. 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

14. 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

15. In response to a militaristic time,
the castle, a defensive structure, was built
to keep out intruders or attackers.
Azuchi-Momoyama Period

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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.