ヴィクトリアン・ゴシック期の英国建築界と日本

Abstract

We find the impact of Japan on the decorative arts and the architecture in England in the Victorian era. Even in the eighteenth century, Japanese objects were collected by men of strange taste such as Horace Walpole. But the first important exhibition of Japanese art in England was held in 1854 in Pallmall East, London. From then until mid-eighties, Japanese taste was in full swing among architects and designers such as W. Burges, E.W. Godwin, and T. Cutler. Especially, Godwin designed wall-papers, furnitures, and houses, according to Japanese-inspired principles. The influence of Japanese arts was at its zenith in 1885 when the "Japanese Village" was held at Knightsbridge. After the eighties, English architects began to regard Japan gradually as an industrial country. It had happened as the result of the change of architectural theories in England, as well as in Japan.