Shoin-zukuri

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Ginkaku-ji's Tōgu-dō is the oldest extant example of shoin-zukuri.

Shoin-zukuri (書院造) is a style of Japanese residential architecture used in the mansions of the military, temple guest halls, and Zen

sūtra within a temple, but which later came to mean just a drawing room or study.[2]

History

Tokonoma with scroll, and tsuke-shoin, a writing desk with a view, which gave this style its name;[3] this later became purely decorative, being used to display impressive writing utensils

The foundations for the design of today's traditional Japanese residential houses with

shōji partitions constructed of paper on a wooden frame or wooden equivalents, mairado (舞良戸) and sugido (杉戸).[7]

The shiro-shoin at Nishi Hongan-ji

The main reception room is characterized by specific features: a recessed alcove (

coffered ceiling, and wooden shutters protecting the area from rain (雨戸, amado).[5][7] The entrance hall (genkan) emerged as an element of residential architecture during the Momoyama period.[7] The oldest extant shoin style building is the Tōgu-dō at Ginkaku-ji dating from 1485. Other representative examples of early shoin style, also called shuden, include two guest halls at Mii-dera.[10] In the early Edo period, shoin-zukuri reached its peak and spread beyond the residences of the military elite.[6] The more formal shoin-style of this period is apparent in the characteristics of Ninomaru Palace at Nijō Castle as well as the shoin at Nishi Hongan-ji (see photos above).[6][11]

Here, the tsuke-shoin has been reduced to a windowledge used as a display shelf.

Conrad Totman argues that the development of the shoin-zukuri style was linked to a lumber scarcity, caused by excessive deforestation, which prompted the use of lower-quality, more abundant material. As larger, straight-grained trees became less accessible, "elegant wooden flooring gave way to crude wooden under-flooring that was concealed beneath tatami." Likewise, sliding wooden doors were replaced with fusuma, a lightweight combination of "stiff fabric or cardboard-like material pasted onto a frame made of slender wooden sticks," and shōji sliding panels served as a substitute for more elaborate paneled wooden doors.[12]

The simpler style used in the architecture of tea houses for the tea ceremony developed in parallel with shoin-zukuri. In the 16th century Sen no Rikyū established dedicated "grass hut" (草庵, sōan) style teahouses characterized by their small size of typically two to eight mat, the use of natural materials, and rustic appearance.[13] This teahouse style, exemplified by the Joan and Taian teahouses, was influenced by Japanese farmhouse style and the shoin style[14] featuring tatami matted floors, recessed alcoves (tokonoma) and one or more ante chambers for preparations.[14]

Sukiya-zukuri

Main article: Sukiya-zukuri

By the beginning of the Edo period, the features of the shoin and the teahouse styles began to blend.[15] The result was an informal version of the shoin style called sukiya-zukuri (数寄屋造).[16][17] The sukiya-zukuri style has a characteristic decorative alcove and shelf, and utilizes woods such as cedar, pine, hemlock, bamboo, and cypress, often with rough surfaces including the bark.[17] Compared to the shoin style's, roof eaves in the sukiya style bend downward.[16] While the shoin style was suitable for ceremonial architecture, it became too imposing for residential buildings. Consequently, the less formal sukiya style was used for the mansions of the aristocracy and samurai after the beginning of the Edo period.[17][18]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan, entry for "shoin-zukuri".
  2. ^ Iwanami Kōjien (広辞苑) Japanese dictionary, 6th Edition (2008), DVD version
  3. ^ "Interview with Curator Matthew Welch - The Art of Asia - Japanese Audience Hall (Shoin)". archive.artsmia.org.
  4. ^ "Muromachi period". Encyclopedia Britannica. Encyclopedia Britannica Inc. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d e Young & Young 2007, p. 80
  6. ^ a b c Young & Young 2007, p. 81
  7. ^
    JAANUS – Japanese Architecture and Art Net User System
    . Retrieved 2009-11-17.
  8. ^ Young & Young 2007, p. 79
  9. JAANUS – Japanese Architecture and Art Net User System
    . Retrieved 2009-11-17.
  10. ^ Nishi & Hozumi 1996, p. 76
  11. ^ Nishi & Hozumi 1996, p. 75
  12. ISBN 9781848851160
    .
  13. JAANUS – Japanese Architecture and Art Net User System
    . Retrieved 2009-11-17.
  14. ^ a b Young, Young & Yew 2004, p. 63
  15. ^ Young & Young 2007, p. 90
  16. ^ a b Young, Young & Yew 2004, p. 100
  17. ^
    JAANUS – Japanese Architecture and Art Net User System
    . Retrieved 2009-11-17.
  18. ^ Nishi & Hozumi 1996, p. 78

References

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shoin-zukuri&oldid=1219265346"