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- Title
Kioto, la antigua capital del Japón y el modelo chino de la ciudad ideal.
- Authors
Niglio, Olimpia
- Abstract
The city of Kyoto was founded in 794 when Emperor Kanmu decided to build a new capital of Japan and to leave the city of Nara. This paper traces the history of the foundation of Kyoto in relation to the normative principles of the Chinese city. For centuries, this urban model, with orthogonal axes, had constituted a major cultural reference for the construction of new cities in Japan. Today, the city of Kyoto preserves the old urban orthogonal structure and this contribution aims to propose a reflection on the influence of Chinese culture in Japan since 550 AD (Kofun period) and to consider the development of this culture over time and its current presence in urban form; especially religious architecture. The ideal model of the Chinese city, after 1200 years since the foundation of Kyoto, is preserved and constitutes a fundamental reference for the development of the contemporary city in strict relationship with the landscape.
- Subjects
JAPAN; KYOTO (Japan); ARCHITECTURE; RELIGIOUS architecture; JAPANESE architecture; URBAN landscape architecture; CHINESE influences on architecture
- Publication
Arquitectura y Urbanismo, 2014, Vol 35, Issue 1, p91
- ISSN
1815-5898
- Publication type
Article