The exhibition presents the work of a generation of Japanese architects that reached architectural maturity at a time of unprecedented wealth in Japan. The six young architects included—Kiyoshi Sey Takeyama/AMORPHE; Norihiko Dan; Hiroyuki Wakabayashi; WORKSHOP; Hisashi Hara; and Atsushi Kitagawara—freely incorporate Western and Japanese architectural traditions. For this(...)
Octagonal gallery
17 April 1991 to 30 June 1991
Emerging Japanese Architects of the 1990s
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The exhibition presents the work of a generation of Japanese architects that reached architectural maturity at a time of unprecedented wealth in Japan. The six young architects included—Kiyoshi Sey Takeyama/AMORPHE; Norihiko Dan; Hiroyuki Wakabayashi; WORKSHOP; Hisashi Hara; and Atsushi Kitagawara—freely incorporate Western and Japanese architectural traditions. For this(...)
Octagonal gallery
Topic: Design for and from Society: Socio-political meanings of minimum size housing and the impact of Americanization in Japan after World War II Presentation: Design for Society, Design from Society: The socio-political significance of minimum-size housing and prefabrication in Japan in the mid-twentieth century
13 August 2015
Visiting Scholar Seminar: Izumi Kuroishi
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Topic: Design for and from Society: Socio-political meanings of minimum size housing and the impact of Americanization in Japan after World War II Presentation: Design for Society, Design from Society: The socio-political significance of minimum-size housing and prefabrication in Japan in the mid-twentieth century
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Islands and Villages
What about the provinces?
posturban, Japan, Omishima, Toyo Ito, Momonoura, Atelier Bow-Wow, Umaki, dot architects, Kamiyama, Hajime Ishikawa, Inujima, Kazuyo Sejima
11 May 2018
Islands and Villages
A documentary series on the posturban phenomenon in rural Japan
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PH1979:0624:076
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Section E, 12e item. "Japaneses Tsuba: Sword Guard"
1883-1930
View of tsuba with fanciful carving, Japan
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PH1979:0624:076
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Section E, 12e item. "Japaneses Tsuba: Sword Guard"
PH1979:0624:074
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Section E, 10e item. "Japanese Netsuke in wood"
1883-1930
View of wood netsuke of human face, Japan
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PH1979:0624:074
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Section E, 10e item. "Japanese Netsuke in wood"
PH1997:0110
between 1986 and 1993
PH1987:0188
architecture, engineering, military
ca. 1870s
architecture, engineering, military
PH1981:0809:002
architecture, military
1865 or 1866
architecture, military
PH1981:0809:003
architecture, military
1865 or 1866
architecture, military
PH1981:0809:001
architecture, military
1865 or 1866
architecture, military