Shofuso Japanese House and Garden. Shofuso and Modernism: Mid-Century Collaboration between Japan and Philadelphia at Shofuso Japanese ... [+] House and Garden. Shofuso and Modernism: Mid-Century Collaboration between Japan and Philadelphia at Shofuso Japanese House and Garden, September 2 – November 29, 2020 japanphilly.orgThe married Raymonds first visited Japan in 1919 to work for Frank Lloyd Wright on the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo. Shofuso provides an authentic re-creation of what is regarded as a definitive, and highly influential, movement in Japanese architecture. “Shofuso represented the pinnacle of Japanese craft and helped an American audience begin to understand Japanese culture as a whole,” Yokoyama said.

Source: Forbes September 28, 2020 00:11 UTC