Katsura: Imperial Villa | Arata Isozaki

Title: Katsura: Imperial Villa
Featuring texts by Arata Isozaki, Bruno Taut, Walter Gropius and Kenzo Tange
Publisher: Phaidon
Language: English
Publication year: August 2025
Number of pages: 336, 423 color and b/w illustrations.
Bound, dimensions: 29 × 21.4 cm
ISBN: 978 1 83729 014 7

A captivating and comprehensively illustrated study of the 17th-century imperial villa Katsura in Kyoto, Japan.

As an outstanding example of Japanese architecture, Katsura has inspired countless architects from Bruno Taut and Le Corbusier to Tadao Ando and Kenzo Tange, and is often regarded as a precursor of modernist tendencies.

Katsura Imperial Villa is now available in a new format, offering an in-depth exploration of the 17th-century palace through detailed drawings and historical analysis. The extensive selection of maps, drawings, and photographs makes this book an essential reference work, providing unprecedented access to this magnificent palace.