Japanese architecture

Japanese architecture, structures created on the islands that constitute Japan. Evidence of prehistoric architecture in Japan has survived in the form of models of terra-cotta houses buried in tombs and by remains of pit houses of the Jomon, the Neolithic people of Japan.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• The Modern Era
• Castles and Palaces
• Domestic Architecture
• Religious Architecture
• Bibliography

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