Japanese Homes and Lifestyles: An Illustrated Journey through History. by Inaba, Kazuya; Nakayama, Shigenobu - 2000

Tokyo: Kodansha International, 2000. 1st English ed.. Hardback quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), map, black & white drawings, minor edgewear jacket. 124 pp. English-language edition. Presents the story of the Japanese people - from prehistoric times to the modern day. There are caves, pit dwellings, thatched and tiled houses, capital cities, aristocratic mansions, town houses, rural villages, castles, samurai residences, and the modernization of Japan, ''new towns'' and high-rise apartment complexes. The lively illustrations and concise text will interest students of domestic architecture, history buffs, and readers who want to learn about faraway places and times past.