Josiah Conder (architect)
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Josiah Conder was a British-French architect who was hired by the Meiji Japanese government as a professor of architecture for the Imperial College of Engineering and became architect of Japan's Publi
Josiah Conder
Statue of Josiah Conder on the campus of University of Tokyo
Tokyo Imperial Household Museum
Rokumeikan (1883)
Tatsuno Kingo
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Tatsuno Kingo was a Japanese architect born in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, Kyushu. He was a Doctor of Engineering; conferred as Jusanmi and Kunsanto; and served as dean of Architecture Department at Tok
Josiah Conder (architect)
…including the Rokumeikan, which became a controversial symbol of Westernisation in the Meiji period. He educated young Japanese architects, notably Tatsuno Kingo and Katayama Tōkuma, earning him the nickname "father of Japanese modern architecture." Conder was born in Brixton, Surrey, London, to Josiah Conder…
Tatsuno Kingo
Bank of Japan building (Tokyo)
Exterior Tokyo Station
The western style part of the West Japan Industrial Club (Former Matsumoto Residence)