japanese architecture

  • 1Japanese architecture — it has also developed many differences and aspects which are indigenous to Japan. Prehistoric period (Jomon, Yayoi, and prior cultures) There are no extant examples of prehistoric architecture, and the oldest Japanese texts, such as Kojiki and… …

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  • 2JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE —    The four islands that compose modern day Japan are located off the coast of Russia, North and South Korea, and China. In Prehistoric times, this land mass was connected to the continent, and the Sea of Japan was a large lake upon which some of …

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  • 3Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System — or JAANUS is a dictionary of Japanese architecture and art terms compiled by Dr. Mary Neighbour Parent. It contains about eight thousand cross referenced terms from all fields of Japanese art and architecture.External links*… …

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  • 4Japanese art — covers a wide range of art styles and media, including ancient pottery, sculpture in wood and bronze, ink painting on silk and paper, and a myriad of other types of works of art. It also has a long history, ranging from the beginnings of human… …

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  • 5Japanese garden — Japanese gardens (日本庭園, nihon teien?), that is, gardens in traditional Japanese style, can be found at private homes, in neighborhood or city parks, and at historical landmarks such as Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and old castles. Landscape… …

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  • 6Japanese people — 日本人 Lady Murasaki • Nobunaga …

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  • 7Japanese dragon — Japanese dragons are diverse legendary creatures in Japanese mythology and folklore. Japanese dragon myths amalgamate native legends with imported stories about dragons from China, Korea and India. Like these other Asian dragons, most Japanese… …

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  • 8Japanese carpentry — is distinguished by its advanced joinery and its finely planed wood surfaces. Japanese carpenters use a different set of tools and techniques from European carpenters. They also use different conventions of marking out. ToolsThese are the tools… …

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  • 9Japanese Prehistoric art — is a wide ranging category, spanning the Jōmon (c. 10,000 BCE 350 BCE [The Jōmon people were largely displaced by (or gave way to, becoming)the Yayoi people around 300 BCE, and later the Yamato polity in the center of Honshū and further south and …

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  • 10Japanese Bush-warbler — Conservation status Least Concern (IU …

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