This paper is a part of the researches to characterize and identify the architectural theory of Jun Itami (1937-2011) through all the currently available articles written by him. The keywords of the subjects were sorted out as a number of items and examined from the viewpoint of hierarchy of composition of the meaning by extracting important sentence. As the first level of his architectural thought, three items of【Joseon period】, 【South Korea】, 【Modern Japan】 were extracted. This paper is examining 【Joseon period】 consisted by the second level of two items of 《Objects》and 《Spirit》.

 《Objects》 consists of the third level of three items of [Livingware], [Artworks], and [Beauty of objects]. [Livingware] consists of the 4th level of two items of〈Furniture〉and〈Ceramics〉 . [Artworks] consists of the 4th level of two items of〈Buddha statues〉and 〈Folk paintings〉. 《Spirit》 consists of the third level of four items of ［Confucianism］, ［Lifestyle］, ［Study of Muneyoshi Yanagi］, and [Beauty of spirit]. ［Confucianism］ consists of the 4th level of five items of〈Courtesy〉, 〈Nature and culture〉, 〈Yin-Yang〉, 〈Anonymity〉, and〈Influence on housings〉. ［Lifestyle］consists of the 4th level of two items of 〈Culture of sitting〉 and 〈Influence on housings〉. ［Study of Muneyoshi Yanagi］, consists of the 4th level of two items of 〈Theory of sorrow〉 and 〈Theory of line and white of sorrow〉.

 First, Itami observes [Livingware] and [Artworks], or 《Objects》of 【Joseon period】in his own daily life, so that he felt those unique beauties that were created from close relationships with people of the day, their lives, traditions and customs. These concepts and senses had a great influence on his architectural theory. And as [Beauty of objects], he pursued about the background of the formative beauty and existential beauty of the 《Objects》 of 【Joseon period】, and he made a mention of the 《Spirit》 of those who value a life with the nature of those days when they were produced and used the 《Objects》.

 Next, as the《Spirit》of【Joseon period】, he found that the society and life were established on several fundamental concepts in the culture of ［Confucianism］ which was flowing under the people at the time. Regarding ［Lifestyle］, he said about the relationship between humans and nature. he also discussed the beauty of Korean unique line and white as [Consideration to Muneyoshi Yanagi].

 In this way, in order to explore the root of the beauty of 《Objects》 created by people of 【Joseon period】, Itami pursued the 《Spirit》 of the people of those days. It can be said that the knowledge and sense of 【Joseon period】 obtained in this way became the basis of his architectural theory and driving force of building design activities.

　This paper is a part of the researches to characterize and identify the architectural theory of Jun Itami (1937-2011) through all the currently available articles written by him. The keywords of the subjects were sorted out as a number of items and examined from the viewpoint of hierarchy of composition of the meaning by extracting important sentence. As the first level of his architectural thought, three items of 【Joseon period】, 【Korea】, 【Contemporary Japan】 were extracted. This paper is examining 《Nature》,《Human Spirit》, and 《City》 that make up【Contemporary Japan】. 《Nature》consists of the third level of three items of［Natural objects］, ［Natural environment］, and ［The role of nature］. ［Natural objects］ consists of the 4th level of four items of 〈Water〉, 〈Wood〉, 〈Stone〉, and〈Soil〉. ［Natural environment］ consists of the 4th level of seven items of 〈Magnificence〉, 〈Environment〉, 〈Face〉, 〈Light〉, 〈Wind〉, 〈Sound〉, and 〈Sky〉. ［The role of nature］ consists of the 4th level of five items of 〈Harmony〉, 〈Antagonist〉, 〈Fusion〉, 〈Coexistence〉, and 〈Multi-layered〉. 《Human spirit》 consists of the third level of five items of ［Perceptual structure］, ［Changing to the line of sight］, ［Art］, ［Drawing］, and ［Parthenon temple］. ［Drawing］ consists of the 4th level of five items of 〈Physicality〉, 〈Layering and blocking〉, 〈Primitive experience〉, 〈Tuning〉, and 〈The significance of contemporary drawing〉. 《City》 consists of the third level of two items of ［Life in the city］, and ［Architecture in the city］.

　In 【Contemporary Japan】, industrialization and internationalization are progressing, various spatial and temporal boundaries are fading, everyday life and 《Architecture》 itself continue to change day by day. Human beings are being isolated from 《Nature》, 《Architecture》, and 《City》.

　While presenting an awareness of the problem of 《City》, he examined various ways of the relationship between 《Nature》 and 《Architecture》, and found and explained the concept of 〈Face〉and［Perceptual structure］ in his own word.

This paper is a part of the researches to characterize and identify the architectural theory of Jun Itami (1937-2011) through his articles. The keywords were sorted out as items and examined from the viewpoint of hierarchy of the meaning. The first level items of his architectural theory are 【Joseon period】, 【Korea】, and 【Contemporary Japan】. This paper is examining 《Architecture》that makes up【Contemporary Japan】.

 This paper is a part of the researches to characterize and identify the architectural theory of Jun Itami (1937-2011) through all the currently available articles written by him. The keywords of the subjects were sorted out as a number of items and examined from the viewpoint of hierarchy of composition of the meaning by extracting important sentence. As the first level of his architectural thought, three items of【Joseon period】, 【Korea】, 【Contemporary Japan】were extracted. This paper is examining 【Korea】 consisted by the second level of two items of 《Nature》and 《Human spirit》, 《Village》, and《Architecture》,

 《Nature》consists of the third level of three items of [Climate], [Natural Environment], and ［Garden］ [Natural Environment] consists of the 4th level of three items of 〈Mountain〉, 〈Rock〉, and 〈Light〉. ［Garden］, consists of the 4th level of two items of 〈Garden of private house〉 and 〈Secret garden〉.《Human》have not the third level items. 《Village》 consists of the third level of two items of [Relationship with nature], and [To contemporary city]. [Relationship with nature] consists of the 4th level of two items of 〈Integration with nature〉 and 〈Response to mountains〉. 《Architecture》 consists of the third level of three items of ［Private house］and ［Jongmyo Shrine］. ［Private house］ consists of the 4th level of eight items of 〈Coexistence with nature〉, 〈Reflection of life〉, 〈Fence〉, 〈Korean floor heater〉, 〈Connection inside and outside〉, 〈Eye movement〉, and 〈To contemporary house〉.［Jongmyo Shrine］consists of the 4th level of seven items of 〈Relationship with water〉, 〈Roof〉, 〈Eye movement〉, 〈Base〉, 〈Nothing〉, 〈Margin〉, and〈"Theater space"〉.

 First, Itami spoke of 《Human spirit》 respect for 《Nature》 based on confucianism, and mentioned the 《Village》 where such people gathered and lived. There, we can see 〈Integration with nature〉 and 〈Response to mountains〉, and the 《Human spirit》was also observed there.

 Next, he most discouraged discourse was about 《Architecture》 that was at the center of thought about 【Korea】. He observed ［Private house］ and explained the famous Korean traditional architecture, ［Jongmyo Shrine］ and 〈Secret garden〉.

 There, we analyzed words such as 〈Nothing〉, 〈Margin〉, and 〈Theater space〉 that were used in his architectural works. He got what he could use for his own design activities from 【Korea】, and also considered future Japanese architecture by referring to these theories.