Japanese architecture

Isaac Kremer/ January 14, 2018/ / 0 comments

One derived mainly from China, but of smaller scale and extreme fineness of decoration. The module of the 3′ X 6′ floor mat governs the planning, with interior partitions largely of sliding paper-cover screens. It is an architecture mainly of wood, in the joinery and carving of which is show great skill. Its history has been written only since 712 A.D., but extends back at least six or seven centuries before Christ. Japan began to show the influences of Western civilization as recently as 1875. (Saylor, 1952)