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Author Frampton, Kenneth.

Title Japanese building practice : from ancient times to the Meiji period / Kenneth Frampton, Kunio Kudu and Keith Vincent
Published New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, [1997]
©1997

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Description vii, 167 pages : illustrations, plans ; 25 cm
Contents I. Typology, Cosmology, and Construction Methods / Kenneth Frampton -- II. Construction Administration and Management from the Third Century to the Edo Period / Kunio Kudo and Keith Vincent -- III. Adoption of Western Building Technology: The Government Role / Kunio Kudo and Keith Vincent -- IV. Vernacular Western Style as Constructed by the Meiji Toryo / Kunio Kudo and Keith Vincent -- V. The Rise of the Modern Japanese Contractor / Kunio Kudo and Keith Vincent
Notes "The research, carried out under the auspices of the Columbia Headquarters for Japanese Architectural Studies and Advanced Research, was sponsored by the Building Contractors Society of Japan"--Foreword
Bibliography Includes bibliography: pages 159-161
Subject Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Art patronage.
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994 -- Art patronage.
Architecture -- Japan -- History.
Building -- Japan -- History.
Mansions -- Conservation and restoration -- Washington (D.C.)
SUBJECT Washington (D.C.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117388
Author Kudo, Kunio.
Vincent, Keith, 1968-
Building Contractors Society of Japan
Japanese Architectural Studies and Advanced Research
LC no. 97000825
ISBN 0442020317