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Japanese Architecture

Japanese architecture is characterized by a blend of Chinese influences and native conditions, featuring wooden structures elevated off the ground with tiled or thatched roofs. The Nara and Heian periods saw the adoption and modification of Chinese culture, with significant structures like Heijo Palace and various Shinto shrines such as Ise Jingu and Itsukushima Shrine, which embody traditional Japanese architectural styles. Shintoism, Japan's oldest religion, emphasizes harmony with nature and is reflected in the design of shrines, including the iconic floating Torii gate at Itsukushima Shrine.

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Japanese Architecture

Japanese architecture is characterized by a blend of Chinese influences and native conditions, featuring wooden structures elevated off the ground with tiled or thatched roofs. The Nara and Heian periods saw the adoption and modification of Chinese culture, with significant structures like Heijo Palace and various Shinto shrines such as Ise Jingu and Itsukushima Shrine, which embody traditional Japanese architectural styles. Shintoism, Japan's oldest religion, emphasizes harmony with nature and is reflected in the design of shrines, including the iconic floating Torii gate at Itsukushima Shrine.

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JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE

JAPANESE
ARCHITECTURE
• Characterized ny a synthesis of seminal ideas
from China and native conditions producing a
distinct style
• Light, delicate and refined
• Wooden structures
• Elevated slightly off-ground
• Tiled or thathed roof
NARA PERIOD

• 710-794 CE
• Adoption of Chinese Culture and
form of government
• Named after the first permanent
capital and chiefBuddhist center
in ancient Japan
HEIJO PALACE
• The palace, which served as the
imperial residence and the
administrative centre of for
most of the Nara period from
710 to 794 AD, was located at
the north-central location of the
city in accordance with the
Chinese models used for the
design of the capital.
• UNESCO World Heritage Site-
Historical Monuments of
Ancient Nara.

Great Hall of State


HEIAN PERIOD

• 785-1185 CE
• Modification and naturalization of ideas and
institutions introduced from China.
SHINTOISM
• “Way of the Gods”
• Oldest religion in Japan
• The natural, physical, and
supernatural transcendent
world are both part of a
single unified creation
• Holding the ideal of life that
is in harmony with and
united with nature.
Itsukushima Shrine
Shinto Shrine
Ise Grand Shrine

Yasaka Shrine Ujigami Shrine


The following structures and objects
can be typically found at a shrine:
• Style of Shinto embodying the original style of
Japanese building.

• Rectangular in plan, raised on posts,

Shinmei surrounded by a railed veranda, with a free-


standing post at each gable end.

Zukuri • Shiinen sengu- the ritual process of rebuilding


the Ise every twenty years.
Nishina Shinmei Shrine
• Main Hall
• Amaterasu as their Diety
• Oldest extant example of
shinmei-zukuri
• One of the three
architectural styles which
were conceived before the
arrival of Buddhism in Japan.
ISE JINGU Consists of two shrines:

• Outer Shrine (Geku):


which is dedicated to
Toyouke, the Shinto Diety
of clothing, food and
housing.
• Inner Shrine (Naiku),
which enshrines the most
venerated diety
Amaterasu, the Sun
Goddess
NAIKU
• Innermost shrine for
Amaterasu
• Rebuilt every 20 years
(unlike most other Shinto
Shrines)
• The Ise Shrines are built in
purely Japanese Architecture
style which shows almost no
influence from the Asian
Mainland.
Reconstruction of the Shrine
ITSUKUSHIMA
SHRINE
• Horishima Prefecture
• UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Best known for its floating Torii
gate
• First shrine buildings were said to
be erected in the 6th century
TORII
• Monumental freestanding
gateway on the approach to a
Shinto Shrine
• Two pillars connected at the top
by a horizontal crosspiece and a
lintel above it.
Meiji Shrine

• Yoyogi Park, Tokyo Japan

• An entrance gateway
made out of metal.
Sanno Shrine

• Nagasaki, Japan
• One-legged torii
• The other half of the gate
was toppled in the
explosion of the nuclear
bomb.
Itsukushima
(Miyajima)
Shrine
• Floating Torii
• One of the Japan’s most
revered sites, which
seems to float on water at
high tide.

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