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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
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World Observation: Empire, Architecture, and the Global Archive of Itō Chūta

World Observation: Empire, Architecture, and the Global Archive of Itō Chūta

Mullane, Matthew

Hardcover

Series: Culture Politics & the Built Environment

ArchitectsArchitecture HistoryJapanese History

ISBN10: 0822948443
ISBN13: 9780822948445
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: Sep 2 2025
Pages: 384
Weight: 2.37
Height: 1.00 Width: 7.35 Depth: 10.13
Language: English
Longlist, Jan van Gelder Prize, Dutch Society for Art History

World Observation explores the archives and architecture of Itō Chūta (1867-1954), the eminent architectural thinker of the Japanese empire, who traveled across Asia, Europe, and North America to create the first world history of architecture in Japanese from a truly global set of encounters. In his mission to integrate Japan into existing world histories, legitimate Japanese colonial expansion, and train observers to see the world in the way that he did, Itō theorized new kinds of observation (kansatsu) in writing and drawing that strategically blended epistemological values from European science, philosophy, and anthropology with Japanese Buddhism, folklore, and naturalism. World Observation presents close readings of Itō's writings, sketches, and designs to cast new light on a key figure in the architectural history of Imperial Japan and situate his contributions within the sweep of global architectural history across the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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