Author: DREXLER, ARTHUR
Title: The Architecture of Japan. The Museum of Modern Art. [First edition].
Description: New York, Museum of Fine Art, 1955. Large 8°. Original cloth, Cover and sitle on spine in bold silvertooled type. 286pp. Numerous captioned monochrome illustrations in text and full-page featuring architecture of traditional and modern japanese buildings, interiors in rather detail, garden design and full-page plans of which 2 of The Kasura Imperial Volla, full-page line drawings featuring basic architectural designs, personalia of N.Y. Museum (rustees and of Department of Art and Design, table of contents. Large monochrome exlibris pased inside front cover. English language ample illustrated scholarly investigation into the architecture and design of Japan: Cultural background, Structure and design, Japanese Exhibition House. Good to very good copy printed on glossy art paper. (front cover a bit spotted).

Keywords: japan architecture design strucure building structure culture heritage legacy asia far east