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State Guest House, Akasaka Palace迎賓館赤坂離宮
- Location
- Tokyo Minato City
- Completed
- 1909
Photo: Mr.Asylum, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Overview
Neo-Baroque built with the full resources of Meiji Japan. The first post-Meiji building to become a National Treasure.
Built in 1909 (Meiji 42) as the Crown Prince's Palace, it is the only neo-Baroque palace in Japan. It was designed by the court architect Tokuma Katayama.
After the war it was renovated in 1974 as the national State Guest House, and has since received heads of state and government from around the world. In 2009 it became the first structure built since the Meiji era to be designated a National Treasure. It is now also open to the public.
This description has been translated from the Japanese original.
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- Completed
- 1909
- Architect
- Tokuma Katayama
- Use
- State guest house
- Location
- 2-1-1 Moto-Akasaka, Minato City, Tokyo
- Renovated as State Guest House
- 1974
- Designated National Treasure
- 2009
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5 photographs
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Architect
Tokuma Katayama
Tokuma Katayama1854–1917
From the Chōshū domain (now Yamaguchi Prefecture). One of the first graduating class of the Imperial College of Engineering, where he studied under Josiah Conder.
As an engineer of the Imperial Household Ministry he worked on court architecture, designing what is now the State Guest House, Akasaka Palace, built as the Crown Prince's Palace. In 2009 it became the first structure built since the Meiji era to be designated a National Treasure.
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Location
2-1-1 Moto-Akasaka, Minato City, Tokyo
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Sources
References
- 迎賓館赤坂離宮 — WikipediaWikipedia日本語版
- Wikidata Q555255Wikidata
- 内閣府 迎賓館 公式サイト内閣府 迎賓館
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Photo Credits
Image sources, authors and licences
01Public open the Akasaka palace 01.JPG
Photo: Mr.Asylum
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022019 Akasaka Palace 02.jpg
Photo: Kakidai
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03State Guest House Akasaka Palace main entrance.jpg
Photo: Yasu (talk)
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04Akasaka Palace 6.jpg
Photo: Kakidai
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05Akasaka Palace-1.jpg
Photo: 江戸村のとくぞう
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