User:AerobicFox/Edo period Architecture



Edo period architecture continued in the Momoyama period tradition of erecting grand, elaborate structures for public display, while using modest, simple designs for private dwellings.

Setting
1600-1868 Tokugawa takes over and moves the capital city from Kyoto—Japan's historical capital— to Edo(present day Tokyo).

Characteristics


Trying to reduce structures to their bare essential forms