Open AccessArchitecture of Totalitarian Epoch in 1930s - 1940s in Japan
Author(s) -
Youya Suzuki
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
observatoriâ kulʹtury
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2588-0047
pISSN - 2072-3156
DOI - 10.25281/2072-3156-2014-0-1-75-81
Subject(s) - architecture , epoch (astronomy) , quarter (canadian coin) , competition (biology) , parliament , history , ancient history , key (lock) , geography , economic history , political science , archaeology , politics , astronomy , computer science , law , computer security , stars , ecology , physics , biology
Considers the situation of coexistence of various stylistic trends in architecture in Japan in the second quarter of the XX century. Features of the search of national identity and the development of architecture in Japan generally lined with global trends are shown by the example of three key architectural objects of the time: the buildings of Parliament of Japan, the main building of the Imperial museum in Tokyo and the competition on “the Monument of the Great Eastern Asia”