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Bamboo-mud Wall
Bamboo-mud wall (編竹夾泥牆, also known as Bamboo-net clay wall, Taiwanese wattle, and daub) is a composite wall construction method largely used in Taiwan under Japanese rule in the early 20th century. Derived from Japanese wattle and daub (木舞, 小舞), Bamboo-mud wall differs from Japanese processor in its materiality, using bamboo instead of wood for woven lattice. History In conjunction of Meiji Restoration, modernization, the Japanese built large concrete public buildings throughout Taiwan, at the same time, Japanese officials and government employees from mainland Japan demanded a significant amount of housing. To solve this need, the Government-General of Taiwan, Government-General in Taiwan issued ''Standard Building Drawings of Officer’s Residences'' in 1922, and thus built a large number of standard housings based on Minka, traditional Japanese wood structures. Non governmental houses followed this technique soon afterwards. The transformation from Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiwan Under Japanese Rule
The Geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, together with the Penghu, Penghu Islands, became a Dependent territory, dependency of Empire of Japan, Japan in 1895, when the Qing dynasty ceded Taiwan Province, Fujian-Taiwan Province in the Treaty of Shimonoseki after the Japanese victory in the First Sino-Japanese War. The short-lived Republic of Formosa resistance movement was Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895), suppressed by Japanese troops and quickly defeated in the Capitulation of Tainan (1895), Capitulation of Tainan, ending organized resistance to Japanese occupation and inaugurating five decades of Japanese rule over Taiwan. Its administrative capital was in Taihoku Prefecture, Taihoku (Taipei) led by the Governor-General of Taiwan. Taiwan was Japan's first colony and can be viewed as the first step in implementing their "Nanshin-ron, Southern Expansion Doctrine" of the late 19th century. Japanese intentions were to turn Taiwan into a showpiece "model colony" with much eff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
