was a Japanese

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and Head of the Japanese Ministry of Finance building section in the later

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. Credited with the design of many significant Meiji era structures in Japan, notably the Nihonbashi Bridge.

Early life and career

Together with Katayama Tokuma, Tatsuno Kingo, Sone Tatsuzō and Satachi Shichijiro, one of a group of renowned architectural students at the

Imperial College of Engineering The Imperial College of Engineering (工部大学校, ''Kōbudaigakkō'') was a Japanese institution of higher education that was founded during the Meiji Era. The college was established under the auspices of the Ministry of Public Works for ...

, Tokyo, and a protege of British architect Josiah Conder. Tsumaki continued his studies in the United States where he graduated with a degree in Architecture from

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to tea ...

in 1894. He then travelled to Berlin for further study in the same field, working at the same time in the architectural offices of Wilhelm Böckmann and Hermann Ende.

Buildings and Structures

* Sugamo Prison (1896) *

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, Yokohama Head Office (1904). Since 1968 the building has been used as the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Cultural History * Yokohama Specie Bank Dalian Branch (1909). Currently the Dalian branch of the Bank of China. * Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse No. 2 Building (1911) * Nihonbashi Bridge (1911)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yorinaka, Tsumaki Japanese architects 1859 births 1916 deaths Cornell University alumni