Author: ITOH, TEIJI; FUTAGAWA,YUKIO
Title: The Elegant Japanese House: Traditional Sukiya Architecture
Description: Jonh Weathermill, Inc. New York and Tokyo, and Tankosha of Kyoto. 1969, 1st Edition. Hardcover, with dust jacket. Book, English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 26.7 x 37 cm; 2.4 Kg; 218 pages, 96 black and white gravure photographs and 33 in colour; Used with signs of wear. The dust jacket has tears on the top of the front cover (taped on the rear of the dust jacket) and is price clipped. Scratches and wear marks on the front cover, spine and back cover. The interior is in very good condition. The dust jacket is protected with a clearcover.; Originally published in Japanese in 1967 by Tankosha, Kyoto, under the title Sukiya. Translated for Western readers under the editorship of Ralph Friedrich. Text by T. Itoh. Photographs by Y. Futagawa.; “The high point in Japan’s great architectural tradition. Presented in 129 pages of outstanding photographs in full color and matte-black gravure, 25 pages of detailed drawings and plans, and a noteworthy text by one of Japan’s leading architectural historians.”. Good/Good.

Keywords: japan,architecture,teiji itoh,yukio futagawa Japanese Art


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