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Japan Studies: Arch3265a Destruction, Continuation, and Creation: Architecture and Urbanism of Modern Japan

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 J-E / E-J dictionary 

 

Name of notable Japanese Architects 


安藤忠雄 = Andō, Tadao
芦原義信= Ashinara, Yoshinobu
遠藤 新 = Endō, Arata
藤井 厚二 = Fujii, Kōji
藤森照信= Fujimori, Terunobu
藤本壮介= Fujimoto, Sou
原広司= Hara, Kōji
原浩司= Hara, Hiroshi
堀口 捨己 = Horiguchi, Sutemi
磯崎新= Isozaki, Arata
伊藤忠太= Itō, Chūta
伊東豊雄= Itō, Toyoo
出江寛 = Izue, Hiroshi/Kan
蒲原重雄 = Kanbara, Shigeo 
菊竹清訓 = Kikutake, Kiyonori
吉良森子= Kira, Moriko
隈研吾= Kuma, Kengo
久溜正道= Kuru, Masamichi
黒川紀章= Kurokawa, Kishō
槇文彦 = Maki, Fumihiko
前川國男= Maekawa, Kunio
本野精吾 = Motono, Seigo
村野藤吾 = Murano, Tōgo
野口勇 = イサム・ノグチ = Noguchi, Isamu
坂倉準三 = Sakakura, Junzō
佐野利器 = Sano, Toshiaki/Toshikata
重森三玲 = Shigemori, Mirei
篠原一男 = Shinohara, Kazuo
白井晟一 = Shirai, Seiichi
清家清 = Seike, Kiyoshi
妹島和世= Sejima, Kazuyo
高松伸 = Takamatsu, Shin   
武田五一= Takeda, Goichi
谷口吉郎= Taniguchi, Yoshirō
谷口吉生= Taniguchi, Yoshio
丹下健三= Tange, Kenzō
辰野金吾= Tatsuno, Kingo
土浦亀城= Tsuchiura, Kameki
塚本由晴= Tsukamoto, Yoshiharu
上田篤= Ueda, Atsushi
内田 祥三= Uchida, Shōzō/Yoshikazu
山田守= Yamada, Mamoru
山脇 巌 + 道子 = Yaawaki, Iwao + Michiko
横河民輔= Yokokawa, Tamisuke

Terms

データ番号 = Data No.

作品名称 = Work Name/Work Title

建物用途 = Building Applications

建物所在 = Building Location

掲載誌 = Publication/Posted on

掲載年月 = Publication Date

設計者 = Designer/Architect

施工者 = Builder/Construction

竣工年月 = Completion Date

着工年月 = Construction Date

構造 = Structure

地上階数 = (Above) ground Floor

地下階数 = Underground Floor

能力 = Capacity/Ability

敷地面積 = Site Area

建築面積 = Building Area

延床面積 = Total Floor Area

外装 = Exterior

特徴 = Feature

備考= Remark

Research steps

References (dictionaries & encyclopedia, etc)

Journal article index & full text journals

Books and Dissertations

Discover books related to your topic, using simple terms like "Architecture, Domestic--Japan" and "Metabolism in architecture (Movement)" as subject browse in Orbis, Quicksearch, and WorldCat (FirstSearch)

Images

To find more various images of Japan, please check this page

Architects - Biographies, Interviews, etc

Other resources for specific interests

Scenic Memento of Japan by the National Diet Library

Includes images of scenes from the 17th to the beginning of the 20th century Japan (linked together by region, period, and selected topics).

Vienna International Exposition

The digital recreation of The Vienna International Exposition (held in the capital of Austria in 1873), the 1st international exposition in which the Japanese government officially participated.

Other useful guides

Contact

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Haruko Nakamura
Contact:
Sterling Memorial Library
120 High Street, New Haven, CT
Room 213A
203-432-1792
Website
Subjects: East Asian Studies

Other useful books in the library

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Nagano Shigeichi shashinshū, Tōkyō 1950-nendai
Photographs of Tokyo in 1950s

Photographs of Architecture in Meiji and Taisho Periods (明治大正昭和建築写真聚覧)

Total of 359 photographs of Japanese representative architectures in the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa periods with information for Building name, architect, location, and completion date. There is also the online version of festered architecture in the Meiji and Taisho periods.

Kenchiku Showa Shi
建築昭和史 (History of architechure in Showa)

Meiji Taisho Showa Tōkyo shashin daishusei
明治・大正・昭和東京写真大集成 / 石黒敬章編・解說. (Photo collections of Tokyo in Meiji, Taisho and Showa)

Shashinshu, Kanto Daishinsai (Photo album: Kanto earthquake);
写真集, 関東大震災 / 北原糸子編.