mesmerizing, japanese spaces

Mesmerizing, Japanese Spaces

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Find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and dark which that thing provides.

~ Junichiro Tanizaki

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Shibuya, Tokyo, 1976

Kazuo Shinohara, House in Uehara

-view from the third-story room looking toward surrounding houses-




-street facade-




-cross-section-

-floor plans-




-living/dining area-


Kyoto, 1615/1663

The Shoin ("drawing room") complex, Imperial Villa of Katsura

-the second room and the veranda room from the first room-

-the first room from the second room-


Kyoto, 1615/1663


-the second and first room from the veranda room-

-the old Shoin's second room from the east-


Kyoto, 1615/1663


-the second and first room from the veranda room-


Kyoto, 1615/1663


-the old Shoin's veranda room-


Kyoto, 1615/1663


-the tokonoma in the old Shoin's first room-


Kyoto, 1615/1663


-the interior of the old Shoin-


Kyoto, 1615/1663


-the servants' room, south wall-

-the servants' room, east wall-


Kyoto, 1615/1663


-the hearth room, the east-


Kyoto, 1615/1663


-the old Shoin's hearth room from the west-

mesmerizing, japanese spaces

Documents

servants room

shoin drawing room complex

story room

old shoins hearth room

imperial villa of katsura

kazuo shinohara

south wall