Synopses & Reviews
This is the first book in English to examine the reconstruction of Japan's bombed cities after World War II. Five case studies (of Tokyo, Hiroshima, Osaka, Okinawa, and Nagaoka) are framed by broader essays on the evolution of Japanese planning and architecture, Japan's urban policies in Manchuria and comparisons between Japanese and European reconstruction.
Review
"Here is a study grand in its range and significant in its relevance...which we can all learn from." --Robert Venturi, Pritzker Architecture Prize Winner, 1991
"This volume fills a significant gap in scholarship and sheds light on both the complexities of regenerating damaged cities and the singularity of Japan's approach to urban issues." --Joan Ockman, Columbia University
Synopsis
Contributors: C. Hein - Y. Ishida - I. Hiroo - H. Junichi - I. Norioki - M. Shoji - I. Takayuki - D. Tucker - C. Wendelken - J.M. Diefendorf - C. Hein
Synopsis
This is the first book in English to examine the reconstruction of Japan's bombed cities after World War II, and it is a must-read not only for Japan specialists but also for those interested in urban history and planing anywhere. Five case studies (of Tokyo, Hiroshima, Osaka, Okinawa and Nagaoka) are framed by broader essays on the evolution of Japanese planning and architecture, Japan's urban policies in Manchuria and comparisons between Japanese and European reconstruction.
About the Author
Jeffrey Diefendorf is in the Department of History, College of Liberal Arts, Horton Social Science, University of New Hampshire.
Carola Hein is with the Growth and Structure of Cities Program, Bryn Mawr College.
Yorifusa Ishida is at Tokyo Metropolitan University.
Table of Contents
Rebuilding Japanese Cities after 1945--C. Hein * Japanese Cities and Planning in the Reconstruction Period, 1945-55--Y. Ishida * Reconstructing Tokyo: The Attempt to Transform a Metropolis--I. Hiroo * The Rebuilding of Osaka and Central Themes of the Japanese Reconstruction--H. Junichi * Reconstructing Hiroshima and Preserving the Reconstructed City--I. Norioki * The Reconstruction of Nagaoka and its Influence on Urban Forms--M. Shoji * War Damage Reconstruction, City Planning and U.S. Civil Administration in Okinawa--I. Takayuki * Learning from Dairen, Learning from Shinkyo: Japanese Colonial City Planning and Postwar Reconstruction--D. Tucker * Japanese Architectural Culture in the 1950s--C. Wendelken * War and Reconstruction in Japan--J.M. Diefendorf * Change and Continuities in Postwar Urban Japan--C. Hein
Rebuilding Japanese Cities after 1945--C. Hein * Japanese Cities and Planning in the Reconstruction Period, 1945-55--Y. Ishida * Reconstructing Tokyo: The Attempt to Transform a Metropolis--I. Hiroo * The Rebuilding of Osaka and Central Themes of the Japanese Reconstruction--H. Junichi * Reconstructing Hiroshima and Preserving the Reconstructed City--I. Norioki * The Reconstruction of Nagaoka and its Influence on Urban Forms--M. Shoji * War Damage Reconstruction, City Planning and U.S. Civil Administration in Okinawa--I. Takayuki * Learning from Dairen, Learning from Shinkyo: Japanese Colonial City Planning and Postwar Reconstruction--D. Tucker * Japanese Architectural Culture in the 1950s--C. Wendelken * War and Reconstruction in Japan--J.M. Diefendorf * Change and Continuities in Postwar Urban Japan--C. Hein