Yukio Lippit, professor of Japanese art and architecture at Harvard University, discusses how The Huntington’s Shōya House offers a unique opportunity to explore an abundance of ideas and elements about Japanese architecture as a whole.
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
The East Asian Garden Studies
The Japanese Shōya House: An Encyclopedia of Japanese Architecture
Virtual event. Free with reservation
Thursday, March 28, 2024, 4 p.m. (PDT)
Among the many remarkable aspects of the Japanese Heritage Shōya House is its amalgamation of architectural concepts and features that had developed in diverse building traditions in Japan over the centuries.
By the Edo period (1615–1868), Japanese residential architecture in both urban centers and rural communities throughout the archipelago had begun to follow similar patterns of approach and layout. The homes of shōya (village headmen) were distinctive in combining elements of city and country, as well as of warrior and commoner status groups.
Yukio Lippit, professor of Japanese art and architecture at Harvard University, will discuss how The Huntington’s Shōya House offers a unique opportunity to explore an abundance of ideas and elements about Japanese architecture as a whole.
