Kenkichi Yabashi (矢橋 賢吉, Yabashi Kenkichi; October 24, 1869 - May 24, 1927) was a Japanese architect and high-level…
Kenkichi Yabashi (矢橋 賢吉, Yabashi Kenkichi; October 24, 1869 - May 24, 1927) was a Japanese architect and high-level official of Ministry of Finance, known as the person from the Yabashi family that has the known pedigree record dating back to the Saga Genji (嵯峨源氏) and Minamoto no Tōru (源融) who is sometimes mentioned as the model for Hikaru Genji (光源氏) in important Japanese literary classic The Tale of Genji (源氏物語), a branch line of Emperor Saga. He is known as the central figure who organised the construction of National Diet Building.
Famous Japanese People: Architect・Architectural Scholar
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Itō Chūta (伊東 忠太; 26 October 1867 – 7 April 1954) was a Japanese architect, architectural historian, and critic. He is…
Itō Chūta (伊東 忠太; 26 October 1867 – 7 April 1954) was a Japanese architect, architectural historian, and critic. He is recognized as the leading architect and architectural theorist of early 20th-century Imperial Japan.
Shimoda Kikutarō (Japanese: 下田 菊太郎; 2 May 1866 – 26 December 1931) was an architect who created the prototype of the…
Shimoda Kikutarō (Japanese: 下田 菊太郎; 2 May 1866 – 26 December 1931) was an architect who created the prototype of the Imperial Crown Style for the Empire of Japan. He was a native of Akita, in northern Honshu, and moved to Tokyo in 1881, when he was fifteen. At Keio University, he enrolled in an architecture course under Josiah Conder.
Tatsuno Kingo (辰野 金吾; October 13, 1854 – 25 March 1919) was a Japanese architect born in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture…
Tatsuno Kingo (辰野 金吾; October 13, 1854 – 25 March 1919) was a Japanese architect born in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, Kyushu. He was a Doctor of Engineering; conferred as Jusanmi (従三位, Junior Third Rank) and Kunsanto (勲三等, Order of Third Class); and served as dean of Architecture Department at Tokyo Imperial University. Tatsuno is most widely known for his work as the designer of the Bank of Japan building (1896) and the Marunouchi building of Tokyo Station (1914).
Katayama Tōkuma (片山 東熊; 18 January 1854 – 24 October 1917) was a Japanese architect who designed the original buildings…
Katayama Tōkuma (片山 東熊; 18 January 1854 – 24 October 1917) was a Japanese architect who designed the original buildings for the Imperial Nara Museum as well as the Kyoto Imperial Museum and was significant in introducing Western, particularly French architecture into Japan. Coming from Chōshū, Tōkuma was a protégé of Yamagata Aritomo. In 1879 he graduated from the Imperial College of Engineering. During his late twenties and early thirties he assisted Josiah Conder in designing and building a Western-style residence for Prince Arisugawa Taruhito and then on the new Imperial Palace in Tokyo. During the 1880 he was sent to Europe and America to study interior decoration, including furniture. In 1887 he was appointed as an officer in the construction office of the Imperial Household.
Sone Tatsuzō (曽禰 達蔵; January 3, 1853—December 6, 1937) was a Japanese architect noted for his use of western…
Sone Tatsuzō (曽禰 達蔵; January 3, 1853—December 6, 1937) was a Japanese architect noted for his use of western architectural styles in the later Meiji period. One of the famous disciples of Josiah Conder.
Hiroshi Takahashi (高橋 ヒロシ, Takahashi Hiroshi; born 1953) is a Japanese architect. Takahashi was born in Tokyo and…
Hiroshi Takahashi (高橋 ヒロシ, Takahashi Hiroshi; born 1953) is a Japanese architect. Takahashi was born in Tokyo and received his graduate degree in architecture from the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1978. In 1985, he joined the faculty at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. In 1988, he and Akiko Takahashi founded the firm Workstation in Yokohama. In 1991, Hiroshi Takahashi joined the faculty at Kanto Gakuin University, Nihon University and Hosei University.