The Architecture of Japan — Museum of Modern Art, 1955

Published in 1955 by MoMA as part of its influential series on world architecture, The Architecture of Japan introduced Western audiences to the formal and spiritual logic of Japanese building traditions. The book is a key artifact of mid-century American modernism’s fascination with Japanese aesthetics, promoted by figures like Philip Johnson and Pietro Belluschi, whose names appear in the museum’s Committee on Architecture.

Technical Sheet
Title: The Architecture of Japan
Artist / Author: Museum of Modern Art, 1955
Date: 1955
Technique / Printing Method: Offset
Medium / Materials: Hardcover with printed dust jacket
Dimensions: 21 × 28.5
Pages: approx. 120
Language: English
Publisher: Museum of Modern Art, New York
Condition: Good, with visible wear to jacket and corners