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Japanese homes speak to the soul and provide a contemplative environment from which to experience the world.
Japan Style offers rare glimpses into twenty exquisite traditional homes in Japan. The lavish photographs in this volume demonstrate how Japanese design achieves a timeless tranquility using a few very simple, natural elements.
Wood is the preferred building material since it is considered a “living” material; the country’s Shinto and Zen Buddhist roots have inculcated a deep respect for nature. The houses in this book are a wonderful reminder that there are alternatives to “big is beautiful”—and that neither timelessness nor modernity has to be about using cold steel, glass and concrete.
The wabi-sabi ideal, translated loosely by Frank Lloyd Wright as a “rusticity and simplicity that borders on loneliness,” is considered the epitome of sophistication in Japanese interior design. The houses in this book invite us to rethink the wisdom of our hurried modern lifestyle and return to a simpler, slower life.
The quintessential Japanese aesthetic can be seen in a 100-year-old minka farmhouse, an old merchant’s machiya townhouse in Kyoto, a sprawling country Samurai villa, and in a modern seaside cottage. This book offers insights for architects and homeowners alike by providing inspiring and surprising alternatives, relevant to the design of homes anywhere in the world today.
From the Publisher
Explore the quintessential Japanese aesthetic of timeless tranquility– Tour through a 100-year-old farmhouse, a sprawling country Samurai villa, an old merchant’s machiya house in Kyoto, and 17 more!
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing (September 24, 2019)
Language : English
Hardcover : 224 pages
ISBN-10 : 4805315237
ISBN-13 : 978-4805315231
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 7.7 x 0.9 x 10.2 inches
Customers say
Customers find the images stunning and beautiful. They say the book is more visual than wordy and provides glimpses of interpretations of Japanese architecture. Readers also describe the information as informative and good for anyone with an interest in Japanese interior design or architecture.
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