The Hypospace of Japanese Architecture

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Models of Hiroshima before and after the bombing (By permission of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum).
Jan Letzel, Industrial Promotion Hall (Sangyō Susumu Hagemukan), Hiroshima, 1914–1915, and the Aioi Bridge (Aioibashi), Hiroshima, 1932–1934, rebuilt 1983.

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Jan Letzel, Industrial Promotion Hall after the bombing.
Sasaki Yuichirō, photograph of the hypocenter (bakushinchi) at the Shima Surgical Hospital (Shima Geka Byōin), Hiroshima, August 25, 1945 (Sasaki, Hiroshima, 1954).
Sasaki Yuichirō, photographs of the Industrial Promotion Hall before and after the bombing (Sasaki, Hiroshima, 1954).

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Tange Kenzō, Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere Memorial Building (Daitōa Kensetsu Kinen Eizō), competition project, 1942 (Tange, Kenchiku zasshi, December 1942).

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Tange Kenzō, with Asada Takashi and Ōtani Sachio, model as built of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Hiroshima Heiwa Kinen), 1951–1957 (By permission of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum).

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Tange Kenzō, with Asada Takashi and Ōtani Sachio, Main Hall (Honkan), Hiroshima Peace Memorial, 1952–1955 and 1983–1994.
New Palace (Shingoten), Katsura Rikyū, Kyōto, 1658–1663.

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Tange Kenzō, with Asada Takashi and Ōtani Sachio, Hiroshima Peace Memorial, 1951–1955 and 1983–1994.
Inner Shrine of Ise, Ise Shrine, 690–present (19th-century woodcut).
Itsukushima Shrine (Itsukushima Jinja), Miyajima, 1168, rebuilt 16th century.
Plan of the Itsukushima Shrine (Japan Travel Bureau, Japan-The Official Guide, 1958).
Taniguchi Yoshirō, entrance of Jōsenji, Tōkyō, 1965–1966.
Cloister (Kairō) and Mortuary Hall (Ihaidō), Jōsenji.
Main Worship Hall (Hondō), Jōsenji.
Rear elevation and roof of the Main Worship Hall, Jōsenji.
Great Lecture Hall (Daikōdō), Hōryūji, Nara, 990.

Watanabe Jin, Imperial Household Museum (Teishitsu Hakubutsukan), now the Main Hall (Honkan), 1931–1938, and Taniguchi Yoshirō, Gallery of Asian Art (Tōyokan), 1965–1968, Tōkyō National Museum (Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan), Ueno, Tōkyō.

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Taniguchi Yoshirō, National Museum of Modern Art (Kokuritsu Kindai Bijutsukan), Tōkyō, 1964–1969.
Tanaguchi Yoshirō, Peace Pagoda, at Minoru Yamasaki, Japanese Cultural and Trade Center, San Francisco, 1968.
Taniguchi Yoshirō, Gallery of Asian Art.Imperial Residence Hall (Seiryōden), Kyōto Imperial Palace (Kyōto Gosho), Kyōto, 1855–1857.

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Flower Appreciation Pavilion (Shōkatei), Katsura Rikyū, Kyōto, 1640s.
First and second rooms (ichi-no-ma and ni-no-ma) from the earth veranda (tsuchibisashi) of the Moon Wave Tower.

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Moon Wave Tower and Middle Gate (Chūmon) to the Old Shoin, Katsura Rikyū.
Third and second rooms (san-no-ma and ni-no-ma) of the Moon Wave Tower.

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Survey map locating the hypocenter by triangulating blast marks from the atomic bomb (Donated by the Peace Museum of Saitama from material provided by Hidetsugu Aihara; by permission of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum).
Street with hypocenter, Hiroshima.

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Parking garage on street with hypocenter, Hiroshima.

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Tange Kenzō, with Asada Takashi and Ōtani Sachio, Cenotaph, Hiroshima Peace Memorial, 1951–1955 and 1983–1994.
Hypocenter marker, Hiroshima.

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“Human shadow etched in stone,” August 6, 1945 (By permission of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum).
Lady in kimono passing the hypocenter.

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Panorama of the Cloister (Kairō), Golden Hall/Buddha Hall (Kondō), Middle Gate (Chūmon), and Pagoda (Gojū-no-tō) from the Great Lecture Hall (Daikodō), Hōryūji, Nara, 7th–10th centuries.

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Panorama of the Cloister (Kairō) and Middle Gate (Chūmon) from the Great Buddha Hall (Daibutsuden), Tōdaiji, Nara, 1692–1709.

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Entrance hall of the National Museum of Contemporary Art (By permission of the Kyōto National Museum of Contemporary Art).
View of the gate of the Heian Shrine from the top floor of the National Museum of Contemporary Art (Photograph by Kawata Norimasa; courtesy of the Kyōto National Museum of Contemporary Art).
Sengai Gibon, “Japan’s first Zen cave” (Fusō saisho zenkutsu), n.d./before 1837 (Courtesy of the Idemistu Museum of Art, Tōkyō).

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Maki Fumihiko, Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo (Shimane Kenritsu Kodai Izumo Rekishi Hakubutsukan), Izumo, 2002–2006.
Approach to the entrance hall of the Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo.
Lobby with pillar from Izumo Shrine, Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo (By permission of the Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo).
Entrance hall of the Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo looking toward the Izumo Shrine (By permission of the Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo).

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Mitsui Family Shimogamo Villa (Mitsuike Shimogamo Bettei), Kyōto, Meiji Era, moved to its present site in 1925.

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Clockwise from top right: Kuma Kengo, street façade, entrance veranda (engawa), roof over entrance, and garden façade of the Nezu Museum (Nezu Bijutsukan), Tōkyō, 2006–2009.

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Taniguchi Yoshio, D.T. Suzuki Museum (Suzuki Daisetsu Kan), Kanazawa, 2011 (Photograph by SeanPavonePhoto-adobe.stock.com).

SANAA, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art (Kanazawa Nijūisseiki Hakubutsukan), Kanazawa, 1999–2004.

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Top left: SANAA, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art.
Left: Arashiyama Bamboo Grove near Tenryūji, Kyōto.

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Mies van der Rohe, Barcelona Pavilion, Barcelona, Spain, 1928–1929, rebuilt 1986 (Photograph by Torval Mork-stock.adobe.com).
SANAA, Naoshima Ferry Terminal (Naoshimachō Umi no Eki), Naoshima, 2003–2006.

Walter de Maria, “Seen/Unseen Known/Unknown,” 2000, in the terrace alcove of the Benesse House Museum, 2002 (© Walter de Maria, “Seen/Unseen Known/Unknown;” photograph by Tomio Ohasi, courtesy of Benesse House—Press).

Terrace and borrowed landscape (shakkei) at the Benesse House Museum (By permission of Benesse House—Press).

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Naoshima from the Seto Inland Sea (Seto Naikai).

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Entrance ramp to the Benesse House Museum (By permission of Benesse House—Press).
Andō Tadao, Benesse House Museum (Benesse Hausu Myūjiamu) and Oval (Ōbaru) from the pier, Naoshima, 1988–1999 (By permission of Benesse House—Press).
Stepped terrace below the Benesse House Museum, 1988–1992 (By permission of Benesse House—Press).

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Sambuichi Hiroshi, northeast view of Naoshima Hall, 2009–2015.
Southeast view of Naoshima Hall.
Rampway of Hiroshima Orizuru Tower.
Sambuichi Hiroshi, Hiroshima Orizuru Tower (Hiroshima Orizuru Tawā) at one corner of the Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima, 2013–2016.

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Interior of Naoshima Hall.
Observation deck of the Hiroshima Orizuru Tower.

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