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Overview of Japanese Architecture
by Dale Brotherton
This 6-page article offers a brief history of Japanese architecture. Of key interest is Japan's 200 year-long transition from the shoin style of architecture to the sukiya style that has been Japan's primary architecture style for the past 400 years. Japanese architecture continues to develop today, but the refined and understated sukiya tradition still stands center stage.
Dale Brotherton is a Japan-trained carpenter who now lives in Seattle.
