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A JAPANESE TOUCH FOR YOUR HOME

The Japanese house offers bold and exciting ideas

for people thinking about remodeling their home or

redoing their apartment. This book describes the

basic elements of Japanese interior design and then

shows you how to use them. Install tatami mats

and shoji doors—quintessential elements of Jap-

anese interior design—and see how beautifully

they respond to the American home. Change the

size and shape of a room, easily and tastefully, with

bamboo screens and movable partitions. Build a

simple Japanese-style alcove, decorate it with

something special, and then flaunt it. Try some

Japanese lighting techniques—low, soft, and beau-

tiful. Change the mood of a room, change your

way of looking at things.

There's much more in this book. Practical, ap-

proachable, and authentic, it is written by a young

Japanese architect concerned about the demands of

contemporary life-styles and the answers that tradi-

tional Japanese design has to offer.

Over 120 color plates taken by a leading Jap-

anese photographer accompany the informed text.

In addition, over 200 black and white sketches,

floor plans, a section on do-it-yourself projects,

and a list of organizations in the U.S. one may con-

sult make this a book that will pique your desire to

be creative and then show you how to fulfill it. A

practical guide for homeowners, for interior

designers, for people who like to work with their

heads and their hands, this book may be the begin-

ning of a new way of living for you.

THE AUTHOR

Koji Yagi was born in 1944 in Aichi Prefecture, Ja-

pan, and graduated from the Department of Ar-

chitecture of the Tokyo Institute of Technology in

1969. From 1971 to 1974, he worked with the

Syrian government as a technical advisor sent by

the Overseas Technical Cooperation Agency of Ja-

pan. From 1975 to 1976, he was with the Tropical

Building Research Group at Queensland University

in Australia, conducting research on indigenous

housing of the South Pacific. In 1980 he was a

visiting assistant professor at the University of

Oklahoma, affiliated with the Environmental

Design Department. Mr. Yagi currently teaches

and does research at the Tokyo Institute of

Technology. In addition, he is a practicing ar-

chitect. He recently translated into Japanese The

American House by Mary Mix Foley, and con-

tributes regularly to leading architectural journals

in Japan.

The publisher would like to thank the following for their assistance:

Barbara Curtis Adachi, Daitoku-ji (Koho-an), Hasshokan Restaurant, Kakusho Restau

rant, Kenchiku Shicho Kenkyujo, Kitcho Restaurant, Matsuishi Tatami, Nishi Hongan-ji,

Takumi Ohsawa, Sakai City Museum, Kiyoshi Seike, Shibundo, Shinkiraku Restaurant,

Hajime Shimokawa, Shokokusha Publishers, Shou-en, Miwa Takano, Yoshihiro Taki-

shita, Urasenke Foundation, Wafu Kenchikusha Publishers, Shinichi Yamamoto, and

Tadao Yoshijima.

Photo Credits:

Yukio Futagawa, p. 71 (bottom); Japan Travel Bureau, p. 6 (bottom); Susumu Koshimizu,

p. 5 (center), p. 8 (bottom), Pls. 8, 11, 17, 19, 25, 27, 28, 35, 44, 45, 56, 57, 58, 62, 64, 66,

68, 85, 86, 87, 88, 91, 94, 98, 102, 108, 109, 110, 111, 117, back jacket (top right, top left);

Tadahiro Kumagai, Pl. 119; Hiroaki Misawa, p. 71 (top left); Kazuyoshi Miyamoto, p. 71

(center); Toru Nakagawa, p. 70 (bottom); Haruzo Ohashi, p. 19 (top); Tsuneo Sato, p. 71

(top right); Eitaro Torihata, p. 58 (bottom); Tohru Waki (Shokokusha), p. 67 (center

right, center left, bottom).

Illustration Credits:

Row, and reprinted by permission of the publisher. This material is after a photograph by Henry Fuer-

Nostrand Reinhold Company. Reprinted by permission of Van Nostrand Reinhold Company. P. 8

and reprinted by permission of the publisher. This material is after a photograph by Maynard L.

Parker, collection of James Marston Fitch, and reprinted by permission of the owner.

Architects/designers of the houses illustrated:

Araragi Architects, Pls. 26, 75; Toshinori Fukaya, Pl. 52; Masao Hayakawa, p. 71 (top right);

Shigezo Hirai, Pls. 44, 98; Hirata Construction Co., Pls. 11, 16, 27, 58, 87, 99, 111, 113, back jacket

(top left), p. 5 (center), p. 59 (center), p. 63 (top, bottom); Masayuki Imai, Pls. 19, 25, 109; Akira

Irinouchi, Pl. 57; Hiroyuki Ishida, Pls. 51, 67; Ishima Construction Co., Pls. 24, 93, 97, 112, p. 63

(center right); I.S.S. Associated Architects and Engineers, Pl. 104; Satohiro Kawai, Pls. 15, 101;

Noriyoshi Kawazoe, Pls. 28, 35, 108, 117; Kikuchi Construction, back jacket (bottom right); Kindai

Architectural Consultants, Pl. 89; Kazuyoshi Komachi, Pls. 83, 94, 110; Komagura Architects, Pls.

21, 37, 56, 77, 84, 106; Tsugio Kosukegawa, Pls. 9, 13; Toshimasa Kozaki, Pl. 62; Toshiro Kubodera,

Pls. 45, 64, 68, 91; Takashi Kurosawa, Pl. 42; Shosuke Maki, Pls. 55, 60; Masuzawa Architects and

Associates, p. 59 (top); Togo Murano, p. 71 (top left, center); Hitoshi Nagao, Pl. 90; Shosei

Nakamura, Pls. 5, 63, 92, 95, back jacket (bottom center); Motoi Nanasawa, Pl. 86; Fumio Ogishi, Pl.

8; Harutaka Ohishi, Pl. 4; Okuno Construction Co., Pl. 100; S. Takagi and Associates, Pl. 121;

Asohiko Sakamoto, p. 59 (bottom); Kozo Sano, Pls. 14, 31; Shinahara Architects, Pl. 73; Naoharu

Shishiuchi, Pl. 65; Yoshio Shoya, Pl. 71; Sohara Kikuchi and Associates, Pls. 17, 66; Ikuo Suzaki, Pls.

29, 78; Ryoji Suzuki, Pl. 6; Hidezo Takada, p. 58 (bottom); Susumu Takasuga, Pls. 3, 54, 61, 76,102,

105, front jacket, title page; Seisaku Taniguchi, Pls. 7, 22, 43; Takashi Taniyama, Pls. 1, 103, p. 5

(bottom); Katsushi Tatamiya, Pls. 20, 70; Sadao Tsuneoka, p. 107; Atsushi Uchida, Pl. 53; Ueno

Construction Co., Pl. 41; VA ■ COM, Pls. 18, 50; Fujio Yamamoto, p. 58 (top); Yasui Moku Con

struction, Pls. 85, 88, back jacket (top right); Isoya Yoshida, p. 70 (bottom); Junzo Yoshimura, Pls. 2

(garden designed by Harunaga Yanoguchi), 10, 72, 120 (garden designed by Harunaga Yanoguchi), p.

67 (center right, center left, bottom).

Line drawings by Kinji Kuwata.

Distributed in the United States by Kodansha International/USA Ltd., through Harper &

Row, Publishers, Inc., 10 East 53rd Street, New York, New York 10022. Published by

Kodansha International Ltd., 12-21, Otowa 2-chome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112 and Kodan

sha International/USA Ltd., with offices at 10 East 53rd Street, New York, New York

10022 and The Hearst Building, 5 Third Street, Suite No. 400, San Francisco, California

Japan.

First edition, 1982

ISBN 4-7700-1015-X

Sixth printing, 1986

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Yagi, Koji, 1944-

A Japanese touch for your home.

Bibliography: p.

Includes index.

1. Architecture. Domestic—United States.

2. Interior architecture—United States.

3. Architecture, Japanese—United States. 1. Title.

NA7205. Y3 1982

729

82-80646

ISBN 0-87011-526-X

AACR2

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