Enter the world of the stylish Japanese house, where every object in sight is a work of art. Japan Style introduces 20 special residences. With more than 200 color photographs, this book showcases the stunning beauty of old homes, and reveals how they are cared for by their owners.
Traditional Japanese homes, with superbly crafted fine wood, great workmanship and seasonal interior arrangements, have an aesthetic of infinite simplicity. Unlike Japanese inns and historical buildings, the houses featured in this book are private property and are not open to public viewing. Japan Style offers a rare glimpse into the intimate world of the everyday Japanese and fascinating insight into the traditional architecture of Japan.
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Kimie Tada graduated from Rikkyo University (Tokyo) with a degree in English Literature. She was editor-in-chief of Confort, a Japanese interior design magazine, and now runs an editorial company she established in 2000.
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Gold Boards Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Decorated end-papers design based on Shoji(paper) walls. Title pages followed by a b/w. floor plan of a Japanese house & Geeta Mehta's introduction. Enter the world of the stylish Japanese house, where every object in sight is a work of art. Japan Style offers a rare glimpse into 20 of the finest Japanese-style homes to be found today in Japan. Lavish photographs capture traditional design principles, practical solutions and playful details that make Japanese architecture timeless. This book explains how Japanese design achieves the expansive quality of space using simple natural elements. This quintessentially Japanese style is illustrated here by a 100-year-old rural minko, a tiny town house in Kyoto, a sprawling mansion and a modern concrete cottage. This book offers insights for both the expert and layman as well as surprising alternatives that are relevant to the design of modern homes anywhere in the world. With more than 200 color photographs, this book showcases the stunning beauty of old homes, and reveals how they are cared for by their owners. Text by Kimie Tada. Pictures by Noboru Murata. Size: Small Folio (over 12" -19" tall). 224 pages. Dust Jacket price-clipped. White titles spine & front. illustrated by colour photo's. throughout. Includes bibliography to rear. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Architecture; Japanese Architecture; Interior Design; Japanese Houses; Japan; Art & Design. ISBN: 0804835926. ISBN/EAN: 9780804835923. Inventory No: 5152. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Seller Inventory # 5152
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine(-). 6th printing. Folio in brown DJ, 224 pages, color illustrations, plans, 32 cm. Enter the world of the stylish Japanese house, where every object in sight is a work of art. Japan Style introduces 20 special residences. With more than 200 color photographs, this book showcases the stunning beauty of old homes, and reveals how they are cared for by their owners. Contents: What is Japanese about a Japanese house? -- A tea master's dream lives on -- Summer style in Kyoto Machiya -- Exuberant spontaneity in an interior in Osaka -- House of Ikebana -- A Kaga-style teahouse to sooth the soul -- A celebration of lacquer craft -- Coming home to an old machiya -- Antiques find a new home in an old minka -- A house with a cosmopolitan interior -- A potter meets his minka -- An old farmhouse gears up for the future -- A home in snow country -- A Sukiya-style setting for an art gallery -- An old parlor with an old tree -- The evolution of a modern home -- A cottage shaped by old memories -- A room for viewing light and shadows of life -- A tribute to masters of modernism -- A house with a view of Mount Asama -- A new house and a tree. Extremely gentle wear to spine head and foot, exceedingly mild rubbing to corners, quarter inch tear to DJ spine foot, else Near Fine(+) in Near Fine(-) DJ. in near fine dust-jacket. Seller Inventory # 92012
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