Japan

NAME : KOH SUNG JIEID : 0318912MODULE : EFFECTIVE PUBLIC COMMUNICATION (COM 30103)SESSION : SEPTEMBER, 2014INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT: ORAL PRESENTATION (PART 1)LECTURER : PERSIS RODRIGUESSUBMISSION DATE : 19 JANUARY 2015PRESENTATION DATE : 19 JANUARY 2015

Prehistoric Japan

Kofun Period (ca. AD 300-710)

Nar

a Pe

riod

(710

-794

)

Hei

an P

erio

d (7

94-1

185)

Kamakura Period (1185-1333)

Mur

omac

hi P

erio

d (1

333-

1568

)

Azuchi-Momoyama Period (1568-1600)

Edo Period (1600-1868)

Shoin-zukuri (from Muromachi Period onwards)

Materials

Structure

Layout

Floor

Tatami

Shoji & Fusuma

Tokonoma

Thanks!

REFERENCES • Ministry of Foreign Affairs by Kodansha International Ltd. (n.d.). History of

Japan. Retrieved January 5, 2015 from The Virtual Museum of Japanese Arts website: http://web-japan.org/museum/historyofjp/histjp.html

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, MOFA. (n.d.). The History of Japanese

Houses. Retrieved January 5, 2015 from Kids Web Japan website: http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/virtual/house/house02.html

• Gary Myers. (2010). Elements of Japanese Interiors. Retrieved January 7, 2015

from Yoshino Japanese Antiques website: http://www.yoshinoantiques.com/newsletter_interiors.html

• MiNDTV35. (2013, April 3). Shoin-Zukuri Architecture. Retrieved January 7,

2015 from Youtube video file: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai3POIx6Tso