The beginning in the medieval period the ideas "emptiness" and "nothingness" in Buddhist doctrine
influences over the Japanese.
Space in Japanese architecture (kukan), as a empty place. This word originally stood for a "hole in the
ground", and in on present meaning of a "hole in the universe", or "sky". The ancient Japanese divided space
vertically into two parts, sora (sky) and ame or ama (heaven). In the concept of emptiness both of this above it
can be said is a part of space.
This paper will tries to explain and discusses about the meaning of space in Japanese Zen Buddhist
architecture.