Katsura Imperial Villa

Katsura Imperial Villa

Lawrence Technological University

September 9, 2015

Kobori, Enshū

O’Connor, Thomas (photograph)

Japanese

Single Built Works

April, 1972

Japan (nation)

Kyoto (inhabited place)

Edo (Japanese Migration style or period)

Shoin

villas

interior views

Interior view of one of the buildings at the Katsura Imperial Villa in Kyoto, Japan. "At Katsura, Taut remarks on how the materiality and flexibility of shoji contribute to multiple experiences, of comparable splendor. He writes, "The most extraordinary thing to the eyes of the unfamiliar visitor is the silence that reigns in the rooms when the window-doors lined with paper are closed, while when they are open the 'picture' of the garden like a part of the house bursts in on you all at once with an overwhelming effect. The presence of the garden dominates the interior so much that all the surfaces of the walls appear designed to reflect it, and the reflection is especially vivid in the opaque gold and silver of the sliding partitions." Furthermore, Taut appreciates the deliberate simplicity of the lattice work,"--Cornell University website.

wood (plant material)

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