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This richly illustrated book features incisive historical essays and case studies that shed light on the many forms of pigments — the organic and inorganic

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Japanese Architecture Publisher / Reaktion Books Smith shares dispatches from herThick thatched roofs and rough mud plaster walls. An intricately carved wood transom and a precisely woven tatami mat each element of traditional Japanese architecture tells a story. In Japanese Architecture, author Mira Locher explores how each of these stories encompasses the particular development, construction, function and symbolism inherent in historic architectural elements. From roofs, walls and floors to door pulls and kettle hangers,