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Architectural History Lab
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A lab that interprets the history of Japanese architecture and cities and passes it on to the future.
AboutAbout the lab
Toward the inheritance, preservation, and regeneration of historic architecture and cities.
The Architectural History Lab studies the history of Japanese architecture and cities and considers how to pass historic buildings and townscapes on to the future.
It aims to understand architecture and cities comprehensively, not only in terms of style and technology but also together with society, religion, culture, and the natural environment.
Members read old records and Buddhist scriptures and conduct surveys at temples, archaeological sites, and excavation sites.
It is the lab of Professor Tomishima and Associate Professor Iwamoto, and is also called the Tomishima-Iwamoto Lab.
Key terms
- Buddhist architecture
- Buildings constructed for Buddhist faith, such as the main halls and pagodas of temples.
- Reconstruction
- Determining the original appearance of a lost building from historical sources and remains, and reproducing it in drawings or models.
- Samurai residential district
- The area in a castle town such as Edo where samurai residences were located.
ResearchResearch themes
Drawing on the methods of history and Japanese architectural history, the lab views Japanese architecture in relation to social systems, spiritual culture, production, and more. On the basis of this understanding, it studies methods for preserving, passing on, and regenerating historic buildings.
*Illustrative imageThe Meaning of Buddhist Architecture and Reconstruction of Lost Buildings
The lab explains the meaning of the forms and spatial composition of ancient and medieval Buddhist architecture together with their religious thought and social background. For example, why does the Phoenix Hall of Byodoin stand in a pond, and why does it have that form? The lab also works on reconstructing buildings that have been lost.
*Illustrative imagePilgrimage Spaces and Edo's Samurai Residential Districts
The lab studies the history of cities and space in medieval and early modern Japan. It focuses in particular on spaces of pilgrimage and visits to temples and shrines, and on the space of samurai residential districts in early modern Edo, and it also explores ways of depicting the history of urban space in drawings.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Architectural History Lab consist of faculty and students at the doctoral, master's, and undergraduate levels.As of 2023
- ProfessorYoshiyuki Tomishima
- Associate ProfessorKaoru Iwamoto
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Exterior facade of Kannon Hall Buddhist temple with Goshikimaku Buddhist flags Ninna-ji Kyoto Japan” Basile Morin / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- The Meaning of Buddhist Architecture and Reconstruction of Lost Buildings: “Japanese Peace Pagoda & Buddhist temple ( )” shankar s. from Dubai, united arab emirates / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Pilgrimage Spaces and Edo's Samurai Residential Districts: “O henro-gi (Buddhist pilgrim's jacket) for Kumano pilgrimage route, Japan, Taisho or Showa period, AD, stamped cotton, view 1 - Textile Museum, George Washington University - DSC09701” Daderot / Public domain (cropped)
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