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| #2700890 in Books | 1994-08 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 1.29 x14.64 x10.80l, | File type: PDF | 182 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Good seller|By M.B. abram|Speedy shipment. Fair price. Accurate description. Thank you|2 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| A Westerner Looks East|By A Customer|Katsura: A Princely Retreat offers a unique view of an ancient retreat for the royal family of Japan. It combines enlighting text with beautiful pictures||"An experience in visual pleasure. Mr. Naito's account of Katsura reforms, and enlightens. Takeshi Nishikawa's photographs delight and entrance." -- Garden
"Exquisite color plates.... All in all, truly, a princely book." -- Kyoto Journal
The German architect Bruno Taut compared the Katsura in cultural importance with the Parthenon. "An eternal thing" were his words.
In this book, we are given a stunning tour of the seventeenth-century imperial villa and its garden through lush photographs, architectural drawings, a foldout site plan, and an instructive commentary on the history and aesthetic scheme behind this rural mansion.
In What Is Japanese Architecture?, the authors write: "The Katsura Detac...
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