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Japanese architecture. Kinkaku-ji, Kyoto, originally built in 1397 ( Muromachi period) Japanese architecture (日本建築, Nihon kenchiku) has been typified by wooden structures, elevated slightly off the ground, with tiled or thatched roofs. Sliding doors ( fusuma) and other traditional partitions were used in place of walls, allowing the ...
Turret: 80 cm (31 in) (face); 29.5 cm (11.6 in) (roof) Design A-150, [A] popularly known as the Super Yamato class, [B] was a planned class of battleships for the Imperial Japanese Navy. In keeping with longstanding Japanese naval strategy, the A-150s would have carried six 51-centimeter (20.1 in) guns to ensure their qualitative superiority ...
Floor area. 3,091.23 m 2 (33,273.7 sq ft) Design and construction. Architect (s) Kisho Kurokawa. The Nakagin Capsule Tower Building [a] was a mixed-use residential and office tower in the upscale Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan designed by architect Kisho Kurokawa. Completed in two years from 1970 to 1972, [1] : 388 the building was a rare ...
Giyōfū architecture (擬洋風建築, Giyōfū-kenchiku, "pseudo-Western-style architecture") was a style of Japanese architecture which outwardly resembled Western-style construction but relied on traditional Japanese techniques. It flourished during the early Meiji period, and disappeared as knowledge of Western techniques became more ...
The company’s new portable CD player, the DM13, builds on the old-school blueprint while adding modern conveniences like a battery you don’t have to change every hour. Engadget
Sukiya-zukuri (数寄屋造り) is one type of Japanese residential architectural style. Suki (ateji: 数寄 or 数奇) means refined, well cultivated taste and delight in elegant pursuits, [ 1] and refers to enjoyment of the exquisitely performed tea ceremony. The word originally meant a small structure for the Japanese tea ceremony (known as ...
Japanese gardens (日本庭園, nihon teien) are traditional gardens whose designs are accompanied by Japanese aesthetics and philosophical ideas, avoid artificial ornamentation, and highlight the natural landscape. Plants and worn, aged materials are generally used by Japanese garden designers to suggest a natural landscape, and to express the ...
Japanese castle. Himeji Castle, a World Heritage Site in Hyōgo Prefecture, is the most visited castle in Japan. Japanese castles (城, shiro or jō) are fortresses constructed primarily of wood and stone. They evolved from the wooden stockades of earlier centuries and came into their best-known form in the 16th century.