Canberra Residence of Japanese Ambassador Is Architecturally Noteworthy
Ann Whitelow writes of the Canberra home of Japan's Ambassador Fumihiki Ki and family on Empire Circuit Yarralumilia. Described are the design by I Shinoda with Myra Sakamaku, consulting details from Grounds Bombers and Melbourne experts, and ornate interiors featuring silk panels gold flecked plaster walls glass tiles and a 12 foot high ceiling. The piece highlights the house as an aesthetically striking example of modern fusion with traditional Japanese elements and notes the ambassador and family including Mutsuka and Nuvuke ki.
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Japan
Fumihiki Ki
Kai
Empire
Yarralumilia
Canberra
Oriental beauty in garden setting with palace room details
The article describes interior design and furnishings in a traditional Japanese style. It notes rectangular Gotenju frames, silk and paper walls, a grand piano, modern cloisonne, tokonoma displays, Fusuma doors, and a ship-hull ceiling. Gardens designed by Susumu Hoshi from Tokyo complete the setting.
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Ieee
Fusuma
A Fragmented Description of East Asian Interior Furnishings
A literary passage catalogs rice paper screens built with latticed wool frames and thin paper as windows. It details furniture including gold flecked silk chairs, black lacquer tables, a cloisonne vase, cherry blossom paintings, and a lacquered display table, with thoughts on a jade room and a verandah.
Pattern Wally Silk and Tokonoma in Japanese Residence
Pattern walls and golden-beige flower pattered silk cover walls to timber dado. Tokonoma display alcove holds art objects. Above the dado the papered ceiling rises to meet gilded coffers copied from Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples.
Japanese Garden Styles and Features in Australian Landscape
A descriptive piece outlines a southwest pond fed by a stream through woods to a hill teahouse, with rocks integral to both the main garden and the Kuresansui variant. It notes origins in Buddhism and Sumie, and explains that white sand designs symbolize water and universe. The text compares traditional stones, lanterns, and trees to Australian adaptation, and mentions a western wing and kitchen pantries with grey marble tiles.
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Sumie
India
China
Australia
Japan
Jong
Embassy Living Quarters Describe Private Servants Areas
Detailed description of an ambassadorial residence noting south facing windows camouflaged from the garden, private entrances for servants, commodious family living spaces extending beyond servant quarters, four en-suite bedrooms plus guest room and study, dining room, modern glass doors, teak furnishings, light fittings, and richly themed private interiors emphasizing privacy and comfort.
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Solu Teshipahara
Ciro
Syle
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Ann Whitelaw
Mr I Shinoda
Myra Sakamaku
Works Department
Jaymanese Foreign Office
Melbourne
Pte
Pravel
Tapan
Tobt
Teneath
Ayaker Kan Ali
Som Masabite Amd
Mutsuka
Nuvuke
Hevagortas
Poli
Oman
Verandah
San
Onental Ocudental Bewity
A. V. Jennings Construction Co
Civic
Madame Wailbearer
Tokonoma
Arranging Powers
Fumihiko Kai
Yarralumla
Kure-sansui
Ana Ting Gut
Shom
Kawneer
LES Robins Pty Ltd
Stornaway Rd
Q'beyan
Queanbeyan
Barrier Street
Pishwick
T.N
Buiding
A.C.T. Ceramic Tiles Pty Ltd
Mort Street
Braddon, A.C.T
Nours
Carwoola Street
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