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    THE TRADITIONAL

    JAPANESE HOUSE
    By: Maximilian Lim
    Muhammad Naim
    HISTORY OF JAPAN
    The Feudal Era
    (12th-19th century)

     New ruling class of warriors


     The SAMURAI
     ODA NOBUNAGA
     TOYOTOMI HIDEYOSHI
    TOKUGAWA IEYASU
     Battle of Sekigahara (1600)
     Appointed SHOGUN (ruler of japan)
     ISOLATIONIST SAKOKU (locked country)
     EDO PERIOD
    Meiji Restoration

    In 1854 US Navy forced the
    opening of japan to the outside
    world

    BOSHIN WAR

    Establishment of a CENTRALIZED
    STATE under the name of emperor

    Transformed Japan into an
    industrialized world power.
    PEARL HARBOR
     On the 7th December 1941 Japan attacked the US naval
    base in PEARL HARBOR
     Brought USA into WWll
     8th December, USA, UK and Netherlands declared war on
    Japan
     Japan surrended on 15 August after the atomic boming of
    HIROSHIMA and NAGASAKI.
    Successful
    Japan

    August 2009, Japan achieved exceptional growth
    to become one of the world’s most powerful
    economies.

    Yukio Hatoyama led the Democratic Party of
    Japan (DPJ) to victory and become Prime
    Minister.

    Defeating the long-governing Liberal Democratic
    Party (LDP), which had been in power almost
    continually since 1955.
    Traditional architectural styles
    • Shinden-Zukuri (Aristocratic Mansions)
    • Shoin-Zukuri (Mansions of the Military)
    • Sukiya-Zukuri (Tea Ceremony)
    Structure
    • Ground is elevated to prevent moisture from the ground
    • Places where people sit are covered with tatami mats
    • Frame of the house supports the weight of roof
    Styles of traditional roofing
    • Irimoya
    • Used as Buddist temple roof
    • Castles and Shinto shrines
    • Kirizuma
    • Few castles
    • Used in houses
    • Hogyo
    • Used in Buddist construction
    • Yosemune
    • Used in houses
    Traditional Japanese house layout
    Tokonoma
    • An alcove
    • Several items are placed such as
    • Kakejiku (Hanging scrolls)
    • Ikebana (Flower arrangements)

    Kakejiku Ikebana
    Components of Tokonoma
    • Tokobashira – Alcove pillar or post
    -In a tea hut, it is made of trunk of a tree
    • Scrolls placed at the center
    • Flower arranged on the dais
    Beside the tokonoma…
    • Desk (Tsukeshoin)
    • Set of shelves (Chigai-dana)
    Seating arrangement
    • Guest of honor sits in front of tokonoma
    • Other guests sits facing away the tokonoma
    • Host sits facing tokonoma
    Fusuma
    • Opaque sliding doors in a traditional Japanese house
    • Measured about 90cm wide and 1.8m tall
    • Lattice-like wooden understructure covered in cardboard
    and a layer of paper or cloth on both side
    • Before, it was painted on with scenes from nature.
    Ramma
    • Transom – A small window above a door
    • Decoratively carved above fusuma sliding doors.
    • Function – to allow ventilation and light to enter the room
    • Carved using slatted wood or small sliding shoji panels
    Types of materials used
    in traditional Japanese
    houses
    Traditional Japanese elements like bamboo, washi paper and lacquer are used
    to soften the visual impact of interior design
    • Built by wooden columns
    • With foundation made of earth
    and stone
    • Frame of the house is made of
    plywood
    • Roof is made out of tiles called
    Kawara
    Tatami Mats
    • Traditionally made of rice straw to form the core
    • with a covering of woven soft rush (igusa) straw
    Fusuma/Shoji (Sliding door)
    • Made of translucent paper over a frame of wood which
    holds together a lattice of wood or bamboo.
    • Traditional paper called Washi used for sliding door
    Thank You
    References
    • Elements of a Traditional Japanese Interior (n.p.). Retrieved
    January 26, 2015, from
    http://yoshino.truecompassdesigns.net/newsletter-traditional-interio
    rs
    /
    • Traditional culture and festivals (n.p.). Retrieved January 26, 2015,
    from http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/indepth/cultural/experience/a.html
    • Tokonoma and the art of the focal point (n.p.). Retrieved January
    26, 2015, from http://
    www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/2009/10/tokonoma-and
    -the-art-of-the-focal-point.html
    • The Structure of a Japanese House (n.p). Retrieved January 26
    2015, from http://
    web-japan.org/kidsweb/virtual/house/house01.html
    • Shoin-Zukuri (n.p). Retrieved January 26 2015, from
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoin-zukuri

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