Zen Culture

CHAPTER 10 THE ZEN AESTHETICS OF JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE

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x. Lafcadio Hearn, Gleanings in Buddha-Fields (Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle, 1971), p. 1. (Reprint.)

2. For a fuller discussion of early Japanese architecture, see Arthur Drexler, The Architecture of Japan (New York: Arno Press, 1955)

3. An excellent discussion of _shibui _may be found in Anthony West's essay, "What Japan Has That We May Profitably Borrow," House Beautiful, August 1960.

4. Ralph Adams Cram, Impressions of Japanese Architecture (New York: Dover, 1966) p. 127. (Reprint.)

5. Heinrich Engel, The Japanese House (Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle, 1964) pp. 373-374.