A detailed history of Katsura, the seventeenth-century Imperial Palace in Kyoto, Japan, a pivotal work of Japanese architecture, often described as the 'quintessence of Japanese taste'. First revealed to the modern architectural world by Bruno Taut, the great German architect, in the early twentieth-century, Katsura stunned and then excited the architectural community of the West. Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius, pillars of the Modernist establishment, were fascinated by Katsura's 'modernity'. This book documents the palace in detail, combining newly commissioned photographs, detailed drawings, archival material, and historical analysis.

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 20-Sept. 12, 2010.

This book presents a detailed history of Katsura, the 17thcentury Imperial Palace in Kyoto, Japan that is a pivotal work of Japanese Architecture, often described as the "quintessence of Japanese taste". First revealed to the modern architectural world by Bruno Taut, the great German architect, in the early 20th century, Katsura stunned and then excited the architectural community of the West. Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius, pillars of the Modernist establishment, were fascinated by Katsura's "modernity." They saw in its orthogonal and modular spaces, devoid of decoration, clear parallels to contemporary Modernism, going so far as to proclaim Katsura a "historical" example of Modernity. This book documents the palace in detail, combining newly commissioned photographs, detailed drawings, archival material and historical analysis.

Biography of the greatest billiard player of all time.MASAKO KATSURA from Japan.All her life, from 1913 to 1995. Her titles, his achievements, her travels, her games, her defeats and anecdotes in three cushion world championships. More than 280 pages of all her history.Masako Katsura is considered "THE FIRST LADY OF BILLIARDS", who made history in her career, because she broke the barrier of gender and male dominance in a sport of knights and chivalry, competing in equal circumstances in several professional world billiards championships to three cushion.The author does not skimp on data, comments, photographs, statistics, graphics, images, etc. This complete and meticulous biography is dedicated to the Japanese champion, who, in that environment, surprised the entire world and won the hearts of all billiards fans on 5 continents.Pioneer in competing against the most powerful professional players of her time.This great Japanese champion, has lasted many decades in oblivion, but from now on you will find in this book, the fascination of the atmosphere of those memorable times, and will revive epics, where this talented player beat the most powerful players in the world in various world championships .She beat in tournaments, to all the great champions, like Willie Hoppe, Joe Chamaco, Kinrey Matsuyama, Ray Kilgore, Jay Bozeman, Joe Procita, Arthur Rubin, Herb Hardt, Ezequiel Navarra, Harold Worst, Juan Navarra, Ray Miller, Welker Cochran, Danny McGoorty, Mel Lundberg, Keizo Kubo, John Fitzpatrick, George Pentaris, Bill Hawkins, etc. etc.In addition, the book features an illustrated gallery of all of Japan's billiard champions from 1938 to 2019, all of the Amateur and Professional World Champions from 1878 to 2019.Author: Jesús Humberto Gallegos Rosas.Collaborations of Charlie Ursitti (Q.E.P.D.), Mario Sureda, Koichi Urabe, Mike Shamos and Tadashi Machida.Large format: 8.5 X 11 inches