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Author: Isaac Merwin

Architectural Image with Horyu-Ji temple, with an elevation, a section, and a floor plan
Posted in Connecticut College Exhibition

The Shinbashira: A History of Japanese Tree Like Architecture

The Shinbashira (心柱), translated to Spirit pillar, or Heart pillar, Has been around in Japanese architecture for over a millennium,…

Isaac Merwin December 20, 2024

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Architecture bronze Buddhism Ceramics China Chu-Griffis Asian Art Colection color woodcut Connecticut College contemporary Edo Exhibition Film Gandhara gardens Handscroll Hiroshige image India Ink ink on paper Japan Japan-ness japanese architecure japanese art Japanese Woodblock Print Japonsime Katsura Kyoto landscape map mythology Nature Nepal painting Pakistan photo print religion screen sculpture Shinto Tibet Tokugawa Villa woodblock
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