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Time in Japanese ArchitectureWhen compared with Western monumental architecture, Japanese historical architecture shows several atypical particularities, if we consider it as architecture in the Western sense. Among these Japanese atypicalities, exist the problematics of "time" and "form", to which the practice of reconstruction or reconstitution found frequently in the history of Japanese architecture are necessarily connected. Relating with other notions such as those of "monument", "history", "model", "scale", "origin", etc. which many existing Japanese buildings evoke, the question of time and architecture is considered as a central issue, not only to reveal the particularities of the Japanese meaning of architecture, but also to find a common basis which might permit us to understand both Japanese and Western monumental architecture under the same regard. In the present article, several examples of Japanese monuments will be presented showing atypical aspects when in confrontation with a Western notion of monument. Also, an attempt to show the possibilities of reading a monument as a text containing temporal elements will be done based upon the mediaeval Senbon Shakadō main cultic hall.
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