| Description |
207 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), plans ; 30 cm |
| Contents |
Christoph Henrichsen: Historical outline of conservation legislation in Japan -- Siegfried RCT Enders: Organization and management of conservation projects in Japan -- Niels Gutschow: Quest for the original state - reconstruction and restoration to an earlier state in Japanese conservation -- Niels Gutschow: Koyasan - conservation in an old pilgrimage centre -- Christoph Henrichsen: Restauration of the Fudo-do of the Kongobu-ji on Koyasan, 1995-1998 -- Uta Hohn: Important preservation districts for groups of historic buildings -- Gunter Nitschke: Protection of urban place in Kyoto -- Gert Kaster: Imai-cho - a small town as a preservation district |
| Summary |
"The articles for this publication were prepared in the context of a Japanese-German co-operative programme in architectural and urban conservation in 1996-98. For the first time ever a Western publication attempts to portray the Japanese practice of repair - hozon - of historic structures. Detailed photographic documentations demonstrate the beauty of timber structures that are otherwise concealed by roofs and walls. It also becomes evident that an architectural object is not an entity that is defined once and for all, but an object that allows for change. Documentations of ongoing projects, with emphasis on the Fudo-do on the sacred mountain of Koyasan, explain and justify various kinds of interventions that are aimed at structural reinforcement and disaster prevention."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Text in English with some parallel text in German and Japanese |
| Subject |
Architecture -- Conservation and restoration -- Japan.
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Architecture, Japanese.
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Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration -- Japan.
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| Author |
Enders, Siegfried R. C. T.
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Gutschow, Niels.
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| LC no. |
99230430 |
| ISBN |
3930698986 |
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