The Indigenous Patterns and Hotel Okura. Tokyo : Noda Iwajiro / Shikenchiku-sha, 1964. — OUT OF STOCK » REQUEST
Description — In-4° (30 x 23 x 1 cm), 104 p., 900 g.
Reliure toile, photographies coul. et n&b, 1 double p. dépliante ("Mt. Fuji & Hotel Okura" par SHIGEOKA Ken'ichi). Texte bilingue anglais-japonais.
Cloth binding, color & b&w pictures, one fold-out ("Mt. Fuji & Hotel Okura" by SHIGEOKA Ken'ichi). Text in both English & Japanese.
État / Condition — Correct (dos frotté, insolation au premier plat).
Decent (worn spinestrip, sunned upper plate).
Remarques & avis / Review — L'hotel Okura (Akasaka, Toranomon, Tokyo), premier de la chaine, ouvrit ses portes en 1962 et demeure l'un des meilleurs hotels grand luxe de Tokyo. Le projet du fondateur, OKURA Kishichiro, était extrêmement ambitieux : "montrer comment d'anciennes expressions de la beauté se peuvent traduire avec succès dans une réalité architecturale moderne" (NODA Iwajiro). Le pari fut réussi, et le livre qui naquit à l'occasion est une merveille, tant dans sa réalisation que dans l'approche adoptée : l'analyse comparative des thèmes et motifs adaptés de la tradition autochtone japonaise. De belles photographies en noir (héliogravure) et une mine d'informations atypique sur les motifs japonais anciens. Bel ouvrage.
The Hotel Okura (Akasaka, Toranomon, Tokyo), first of the chain, opened in 1962 and remains one of the best luxury hotels in Tokyo. The founder OKURA Kishichiro's project was extremely ambitious : "illustrate how some ancient expressions of beauty have been successfully translated into a modern architectural reality" (NODA Iwajiro). It was a success, and the book that was made on the occasion is a marvel, beautifully crafted, with a rich approach focusing on the comparative analysis of themes and patterns adapted from indigenous Japanese tradition. Beautiful pictures in black (heliography) and an uncommon information mine on old Japanese patterns. Great work.
Divers / Misc. —
Photographes / Photographers : FUJIMOTO Hihachi — FUTAGAWA Yukio — KAWASUMI Akio — OHTSUJI Kiyoshi — TAIRA Toshio — TSUNEMORI Kazunori
Architectes de l'Hotel Okura / Hotel Okura Architects : TANIGUCHI Yoshiro — KOSAKA Hideo — SHIMIZU Hajime — IWAMA Akira — MIZOGUCHI Saburo
À la table / Table of Contents :
PATTERNS FROM NATURE
Fuji-san — ishi (stone) — hana (flower) — icho (gingko) — ranka (orchid) — take (bamboo) — matsu (pine tree) — fuji (wisteria) — ishiniwa (garden with rocks and pebbles) — kyokusui-no niwa (winding river garden) — yama (mountain) — mizu (water) — hoshi (star)
INDIGENOUS ARCHITECTURE
namakobe (sea cucumber wall) — washitsu (Japanese room) — chashitsu (tea room)
MISCELLANEOUS PATTERNS
Patterns in the volume of "the poems of 36 poets" — buddhist scriptures of the Heike clan — hishi-mon (diamond pattern) — asanoha-mon (hemp leaf pattern) — kikko-mon ( tortoise-shell pattern) — ishidatami-mon (checker pattern) — uroko-mon (fish scale pattern) — yabane-mon (arrow feather pattern) — shobugawa-mon (iris leaf pattern) — juhi-mon (bark pattern) — monji (lettering) — koshi (lattice work) — shima (stripes) — ami-mon (woven pattern) — ohgi (fan) — kasumidana (floating-layer-of-fog) — ho-o (Chinese phoenix) — nishikibari (silk finish) — kiri kodama-gata (hexahedral pattern)
OTHER PATTERNS
Classical customs — Chinese atmosphere — continental atmosphere
OKURA SHUKOKAN MUSEUM
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