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Ken Tadashi Oshima - International Architecture in Interwar Japan - 9780295989440 - V9780295989440
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International Architecture in Interwar Japan

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Description for International Architecture in Interwar Japan Hardback. Traces the many interconnections between architects from Japan, Europe, and America and their designs during the inter war years. Num Pages: 320 pages, 220 illus., 20 in color. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 208 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1042.

After World War I, architects around the world aspired to transcend national boundaries that had been devastated by conflicts. The result was a flurry of artistic creativity. In Japan, young architects strove to create an "international architecture," or kokusai kenchiku, an expression of increasing international travel and communication, growth of the mass media, and technological innovation.

Ken Tadashi Oshima traces the many interconnections among Japanese, European, and American architects and their work during the interwar years by examining the careers and designs of three leading modernists in Japan: Yamada Mamoru (1894-1966), Horiguchi Sutemi (1895-1984), and Antonin Raymond (1888-1976). Each ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Seattle, United States
ISBN
9780295989440
SKU
V9780295989440
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About Ken Tadashi Oshima
Ken Tadashi Oshima is associate professor of architecture at the University of Washington.

Reviews for International Architecture in Interwar Japan
"The great strength of this book is its fascinating and compelling examination of a short but fertile moment in architecture history through the multiple lenses of Horiguchi, Yamada, and Raymond . . . a long overdue study of the germinal stage of modernism in Japan."
Alice Y. Tseng
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