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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 were sorted out as items and examined from the viewpoint of hierarchy of the meaning. 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 the second level of two items of Objects and Spirit .

of Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ). The authors have obtained permission for secondary publication of the English version in another journal from the Editor of Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ). This paper is based on the translation of the Japanese version with some slight modifications.