Japanese houses : patterns for living /

Japanese houses : patterns for living /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Nishihara, Kiyoyuki, 1930-
Imprint:	Tokyo : Japan Publications ; New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Japan Publications Trading Co., 1968.
Description:	276 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 31 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Architecture, Domestic -- Japan. Architecture, Domestic. Japan.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2087526

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Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-270). Also issued online.
Other form:	Online version: Nishihara, Kiyoyuki, 1930- Japanese houses; patterns for living. Tokyo, Japan Publications; [distributed by Japan Publications Trading Co., New York, 1968, ©1967]

Table of Contents:

Pt. 1. The roots
1. Natural conditions and attitudes toward life
2. The birth of the house
3. The house and family makeup
pt. 2. The forms
4. The residential image
5. The Japanese attitude toward space
6. Residential forms
pt. 3. The systems
7. Space
8. Function
9. Dimension
10. Techniques
pt. 4. The elements
11. The beauty of the elements
12. Posts
13. Floors
14. Walls
15. Partitions
16. Ceiling
17. Roofs
18. Furniture
pt. 5. The composition
19. Principles
20. Levels
21. Distinctive Japanese spaces
22. Contemporary Japanese houses.