A Short History of Japanese Architecture

Rutland, Vt.: C.E. Tuttle Co, 1963. First Tuttle Edition. Small quarto with black boards and gold endpapers in red white and black pictorial jacket; xiv; 140 pages; 123 plates (including plans); 26 cm Ex-library; very good (+) jacket with spine sticker and some chipping to head of spine, in mylar; very good (+) copy with clean pages and tight binding; card pocket and isbn sticker on front flyleaf, library stamp to edges of leaves and rear flyleaf creased. Hardcover.

"Professor Sadler's purpose, as he states it in his introduction, is to give a short account of the growth of Japanese architecture and its connection with the history and culture of its people. In furnishing this account he has given no less attention to the development of residential architecture than to the more spectacular achievements in religious and military architecture. Beginning with the earliest evidences from the legendary period, some seven centuries before the Christian era, he brings the story down to the end of the Edo period, when Japan attained stature as a modern state."--Jacket ¶ **Somewhat heavy item. Additional shipping fees may be needed for expedited or international orders. Please inquire**