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Structures, Symbols and Meanings: Chinese and Korean Influence on Japanese Architecture.

PB2001106363

Publication Date	2000
Personal Author	Sarvimaeki, M.
Page Count	277
Abstract	This study examines the architectural interaction between China, Korea and Japan; i.e. within the area of Confucian culture. The survey begins from the prehistoric structures, focusing on the most active interaction in East Asia during the first millennium AD. It proceeds to the era of cultural disparity in the three countries from the 9th to the 12th centuries, continues by dealing with another wave of continental influences in Japan as of the 13th century and ends in the period from the 17th to 19th centuries by which distinct Japanese architectural characteristics had been fully developed. The objective is, first, to follow the development of timber architecture and the adaptation of Chinese architectural style alongside religious and other Chinese thoughts both in Korea and Japan; second, to point out the architectural differences in East Asia by examining the reasons (e.g. conditions in climate and cultural traditions) that led to these local styles; and third, to clarify the philosophical, symbolic and iconographical concepts behind East Asian architectural expression.
Keywords	Architecture Japan Interactions Structures Symbols Meanings Influences China Korea Proportionality Foreign technology Timber structures Confucian culture
Source Agency	Helsinki University of Technology
NTIS Subject Category	89B - Architectural Design & Environmental Engineering
Corporate Authors	Helsinki Univ. of Technology, Espoo (Finland). Dept. of Architecture.
Supplemental Notes	Also pub. as Helsinki Univ. of Technology, Espoo (Finland). Dept. of Architecture rept. no. PUB-2000/18.
Document Type	Thesis
Title Note	Doctoral thesis.
NTIS Issue Number	200120

Structures, Symbols and Meanings: Chinese and Korean Influence on Japanese Architecture.

Structures, Symbols and Meanings: Chinese and Korean Influence on Japanese Architecture.
PB2001106363

Publication Date	2000
Personal Author	Sarvimaeki, M.
Page Count	277
Abstract	This study examines the architectural interaction between China, Korea and Japan; i.e. within the area of Confucian culture. The survey begins from the prehistoric structures, focusing on the most active interaction in East Asia during the first millennium AD. It proceeds to the era of cultural disparity in the three countries from the 9th to the 12th centuries, continues by dealing with another wave of continental influences in Japan as of the 13th century and ends in the period from the 17th to 19th centuries by which distinct Japanese architectural characteristics had been fully developed. The objective is, first, to follow the development of timber architecture and the adaptation of Chinese architectural style alongside religious and other Chinese thoughts both in Korea and Japan; second, to point out the architectural differences in East Asia by examining the reasons (e.g. conditions in climate and cultural traditions) that led to these local styles; and third, to clarify the philosophical, symbolic and iconographical concepts behind East Asian architectural expression.
Keywords	Architecture Japan Interactions Structures Symbols Meanings Influences China Korea Proportionality Foreign technology Timber structures Confucian culture
Source Agency	Helsinki University of Technology
NTIS Subject Category	89B - Architectural Design & Environmental Engineering
Corporate Authors	Helsinki Univ. of Technology, Espoo (Finland). Dept. of Architecture.
Supplemental Notes	Also pub. as Helsinki Univ. of Technology, Espoo (Finland). Dept. of Architecture rept. no. PUB-2000/18.
Document Type	Thesis
Title Note	Doctoral thesis.
NTIS Issue Number	200120