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xix, 292 pages, 9 leaves of plates : illustrations (some color, folded), maps, portrait, plans ; 32 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-274) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Early Japanese contracts with the foreign world -- Far eastern influence on Europe before the nineteenth century -- The beginnings of Japanese relations with America -- The Japanese imprint upon Europe in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- Japanese exhibition at the Philadelphia centennial -- First adaptations of Japanese features in American designs -- Early sources and examples of authentic Japanese architecture in America -- The Phoenix villa at the world's Columbian exposition -- Japanese influence upon the Chicago school -- The Japanese village at the midwinter exposition -- Japanese contributions to the development of the California bungalow -- The Japanese bungalow east of the Mississippi -- The imperial Japanese garden at the Louisiana purchase exposition -- Progeny and transmigrations of the Japanese building for the Saint Louis fair -- The influence of Japan upon modern architecture in the Eastern states -- Japanese and contemporary buildings in the Western states -- Japanese gardens and landscaping in America -- Japan and applied arts and decoration in the United States -- The imprint of Japan upon American fine arts -- Japanese miscellany and a summing-up. |
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Also issued online. |
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Architecture -- United States -- Japanese influences.
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Art, American -- Japanese influences.
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Architecture, Japanese -- United States.
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Art, Japanese.
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United States -- Relations -- Japan.
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Japan -- Relations -- United States.
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