Edo period architecture continued in the Momoyama period tradition of erecting grand, elaborate structures for public display, while using modest, simple designs for private dwellings.
Setting edit
1600-1868 Tokugawa takes over and moves the capital city from Kyoto—Japan's historical capital— to Edo(present day Tokyo).
Characteristics edit
Trying to reduce structures to their bare essential forms
Preservation edit
References edit
- Notes
- Footnotes
- Bibliography
- Coaldrake, William H. (1988). "The Gatehouse of the Shogun's Senior Councillor: Building Design and Status Symbolism in Japanese Architecture of the Late Edo Period". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 47 (4). University of California Press. Retrieved 21 Feb. 2011.
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