The Japanese House

book by Yoshida Tetsuro

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The Japanese House is a book written by Japanese architect Yoshida Tetsuro, published in 1935. It was created at the urging of German architects Hugo Häring and Ludwig Hilberseimer during Yoshida's visit to Europe in 1931-32. The book's primary purpose was to explain Japanese architecture to a Western audience. Yoshida was a significant figure in introducing Japanese architectural concepts to the West while also incorporating Western elements into his own designs.1

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Yoshida Tetsurō
…urging, he wrote a book, The Japanese House (1935), explaining Japanese architecture to the West. Two other books, one on Japanese architecture and the other on the Japanese garden, were published in 1952 and 1957, respectively. Yoshida’s interest in Western architecture is reflected in his own works, such as the…
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…urging, he wrote a book, The Japanese House (1935), explaining Japanese architecture to the West. Two other books, one on Japanese architecture and the other on the Japanese garden, were published in 1952 and 1957, respectively. Yoshida’s interest in Western architecture is reflected in his own works, such as the…
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