was a Japanese

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. He graduated from

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and entered the Ministry of Communications in 1919. He designed many Japanese

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offices, and related buildings in Japan. He introduced Eastern architecture to the west, while incorporating Western architecture in his own designs, including architecture from Scandinavia, Germany, and the United States.

Major works

* Old Kyoto Central Telephone Office, 1926 * Tokyo Central Post Office, 1931 * Osaka Central Post Office, 1939

References

1894 births 1956 deaths Japanese architects {{Japan-architect-stub