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Former Iwasaki Family Residence旧岩崎家住宅
- Location
- Tokyo Taitō City
- Completed
- 1896
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Overview
A colonnaded veranda joined to a Japanese wing. A Meiji-era mansion.
Built in 1896 (Meiji 29) as the main residence of Hisaya Iwasaki, third president of Mitsubishi. The Western-style house was designed by Josiah Conder in a predominantly Jacobean style, with Colonial elements in the colonnaded veranda on the south side.
Placing a Western-style house beside a Japanese-style one, using the Japanese wing for daily life and the Western wing for receiving guests, it conveys the character of an upper-class Meiji residence. Designated a national Important Cultural Property, it is now open to the public as the Kyū-Iwasaki-tei Gardens, a Tokyo metropolitan park.
This description has been translated from the Japanese original.
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Data
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- Completed
- 1896
- Architect
- Josiah Conder
- Use
- Residence (now open to the public)
- Location
- 1-3-45 Ikenohata, Taitō City, Tokyo
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Architect
Josiah Conder
Josiah Conder1852–1920
Born in London, England. He came to Japan in 1877 and at the Imperial College of Engineering trained Kingo Tatsuno, Tokuma Katayama and others.
He designed many Western-style buildings of the Meiji era, including the Rokumeikan, the Former Iwasaki Family Residence and Mitsubishi Ichigokan. He is also known as a scholar of Japanese painting and Japanese gardens.
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Location
1-3-45 Ikenohata, Taitō City, Tokyo
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Sources
References
- 旧岩崎家住宅 — WikipediaWikipedia日本語版
- 旧岩崎邸庭園 — WikipediaWikipedia日本語版
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Photo Credits
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01Iwasaki House at Ueno Tokyo.jpg
Photo: Towers
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03Former Iwasaki Family House and Garden 2009.jpg
Photo: Wiiii
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