Name: TOKYO Famous Architecture Guide
SKU: 9784023347489
Availability: InStock

The only book that comprehensively covers National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties of architecture in Tokyo.

This visual guide explains over 80 locations with the theme of “Cultural Heritage Architecture,” ranging from the Muromachi period National Treasure “Shofukuji Jizodo” to the “Main Building of the National Museum of Western Art,” completed in 1959.

Category：Japanese Architecture Book, Japanese Culture Book

Tag：Cultural Property Architecture, tokyo

Pages：: 240
ISBN：: 9784023347489
Release Date:: December, 2023
Language:: Japanese
Publisher:: Asahi Shimbun Publications

Author profile

Isamu Yoneyama

An architectural historian. Born in Tokyo in 1965. After completing the doctoral program at Waseda University’s Graduate School of Science and Engineering, he worked as a special researcher at the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, a part-time lecturer at Waseda University Graduate School, and a part-time lecturer at Japan Women’s University. Currently, he is a researcher at the Edo-Tokyo Museum. Holds a Ph.D. in Engineering. Specializes in the history of modern and contemporary Japanese architecture and the architectural and urban history of Edo-Tokyo. He is also a director of the Japan Sento Culture Association.