Table of Contents
107 relations: Agency for Cultural Affairs, Ajanta Caves, An Artist of the Floating World, Arabesque, Architect, Architectural historian, Architectural Institute of Japan, Asano Sōichirō, Ōtani Kōzui, Bombing of Tokyo, Bunkyō, Central Asia, Chaitya, Chōsen Shrine, Chūō, Tokyo, Chiba Prefecture, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Critic, Cultural Property (Japan), Edo period, Emakimono, Emperor Meiji, Empire of Japan, Ernest Fenollosa, Forbidden City, Fumimaro Konoe, Gion, Gothic architecture, Hankyu, Hōryū-ji, Heian Shrine, Heian-kyō, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, History of architecture, Hitotsubashi University, Hokekyō-ji (Ichikawa), Hyōgo Prefecture, Ichikawa, Chiba, Iga Ueno Castle, Iga, Mie, Imperial Crown Style, Imperial Rule Assistance Association, Important Cultural Property (Japan), Ise Shrine, Japan Academy, Japan Art Academy, Japanese language, Jōdo Shinshū, Josiah Conder (architect), Kita-ku, Osaka, ... Expand index (57 more) »
- 19th-century Japanese architects
- 20th-century Japanese architects
- Imperial Crown Style architecture
- Japanese architectural historians
- People from Yamagata Prefecture
Agency for Cultural Affairs
The is a special body of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).
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Ajanta Caves
The Ajanta Caves are 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments dating from the second century BCE to about 480 CE in Aurangabad district (a.k.a. Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar district) of Maharashtra state in India.
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An Artist of the Floating World
An Artist of the Floating World (1986) is a novel by British author Kazuo Ishiguro.
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Arabesque
The arabesque is a form of artistic decoration consisting of "surface decorations based on rhythmic linear patterns of scrolling and interlacing foliage, tendrils" or plain lines, often combined with other elements.
Architect
An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings.
Architectural historian
An architectural historian is a person who studies and writes about the history of architecture, and is regarded as an authority on it.
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Architectural Institute of Japan
The Architectural Institute of Japan, or AIJ, is a Japanese professional body for architects, building engineers, and researchers in architecture.
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Asano Sōichirō
was a Japanese businessman responsible for founding a number of companies, including what became today's Sapporo Breweries, Toa Construction Corporation, Oki Electric Industry, JFE Group and Taiheiyo Cement (formerly Asano Cement).
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Ōtani Kōzui
Count Ōtani Kōzui (大谷 光瑞, 27 December 1876 – 5 October 1948) was a Japanese Buddhist leader and explorer who was the 22nd Abbot of Nishi Hongan-ji and the head of the Honganji-ha sect of Buddhism.
Bombing of Tokyo
The was a series of air raids on Japan launched by the United States Army Air Forces during the Pacific War in 1944–1945.
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Bunkyō
is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan.
Central Asia
Central Asia is a subregion of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the southwest and Eastern Europe in the northwest to Western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north.
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Chaitya
A chaitya, chaitya hall, chaitya-griha, (Sanskrit:Caitya; Pāli: Cetiya) refers to a shrine, sanctuary, temple or prayer hall in Indian religions.
Chōsen Shrine
was the most important Shinto shrine during the Japanese colonial period in Korea.
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Chūō, Tokyo
is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan.
Chiba Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu.
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Chiyoda, Tokyo
, known as Chiyoda City in English,"." City of Chiyoda.
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Critic
A critic is a person who communicates an assessment and an opinion of various forms of creative works such as art, literature, music, cinema, theater, fashion, architecture, and food.
Cultural Property (Japan)
A is administered by the Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology), and includes tangible properties (structures and works of art or craft); intangible properties (performing arts and craft techniques); folk properties both tangible and intangible; monuments historic, scenic and natural; cultural landscapes; and groups of traditional buildings.
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Edo period
The, also known as the, is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyo.
Emakimono
Illustrated handscrolls,, or is an illustrated horizontal narration system of painted handscrolls that dates back to Nara-period (710–794 CE) Japan.
Emperor Meiji
Mutsuhito (3 November 185230 July 1912), posthumously honored as Emperor Meiji, was the 122nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
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Empire of Japan
The Empire of Japan, also referred to as the Japanese Empire, Imperial Japan, or simply Japan, was the Japanese nation-state that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the reformed Constitution of Japan in 1947.
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Ernest Fenollosa
Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (February 18, 1853 – September 21, 1908) was an American art historian of Japanese art, professor of philosophy and political economy at Tokyo Imperial University.
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Forbidden City
The Forbidden City is the imperial palace complex in the center of the Imperial City in Beijing, China.
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Fumimaro Konoe
was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1937 to 1939 and from 1940 to 1941.
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Gion
is a district of Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan, originating as an entertainment district in the Sengoku period, in front of Yasaka Shrine (Gion Shrine).
Gothic architecture
Gothic architecture is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas.
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Hankyu
, trading as, is a Japanese private railway company that provides commuter and interurban service to the northern Kansai region and is one of the flagship properties of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., in turn part of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group (which includes H2O Retailing Corporation and Toho Co., the creator of Godzilla).
Hōryū-ji
is a Buddhist temple that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan.
Heian Shrine
The is a Shinto shrine located in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan.
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Heian-kyō
Heian-kyō was one of several former names for the city now known as Kyoto.
Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto
is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
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History of architecture
The history of architecture traces the changes in architecture through various traditions, regions, overarching stylistic trends, and dates.
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Hitotsubashi University
, also known as a is a national university located in Tokyo, Japan.
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Hokekyō-ji (Ichikawa)
is a temple of the Nichiren-shū founded during the Kamakura period in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
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Hyōgo Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu.
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Ichikawa, Chiba
Ichikawa City Hall is a city in western Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
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Iga Ueno Castle
, also known as is a Japanese castle located in the city of Iga, Mie Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan.
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Iga, Mie
is a city located in Mie Prefecture, Japan.
Imperial Crown Style
The of Japanese architecture developed during the Japanese Empire in the early twentieth century. Itō Chūta and Imperial Crown Style are imperial Crown Style architecture.
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Imperial Rule Assistance Association
The, or Imperial Aid Association, was the Empire of Japan's ruling political organization during much of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.
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Important Cultural Property (Japan)
An The term is often shortened into just is an item officially classified as Tangible Cultural Property by the Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) and judged to be of particular importance to the history, arts, and culture of the Japanese people.
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Ise Shrine
The, located in Ise, Mie Prefecture of Japan, is a Shinto shrine dedicated to the solar goddess Amaterasu.
Japan Academy
The Japan Academy (Japanese: 日本学士院, Nihon Gakushiin) is an honorary organisation and science academy founded in 1879 to bring together leading Japanese scholars with distinguished records of scientific achievements.
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Japan Art Academy
is the highest-ranking official artistic organization in Japan.
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Japanese language
is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people.
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Jōdo Shinshū
, also known as Shin Buddhism or True Pure Land Buddhism, is a school of Pure Land Buddhism founded by the former Tendai Japanese monk Shinran.
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Josiah Conder (architect)
Josiah Conder (28 September 1852 – 21 June 1920) was a British 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 Public Works.
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Kita-ku, Osaka
is one of 24 wards of Osaka in Japan.
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Kobe
Kobe (Kōbe), officially, is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
Kobe Design University
is a private university in Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan.
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Konan University
is a university on the slopes of Mount Rokkō in Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Japan.
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Kunitachi, Tokyo
is a city located in the western portion of the Tokyo Metropolis, Japan.
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Kyoto
Kyoto (Japanese: 京都, Kyōto), officially, is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu.
List of Important Cultural Properties of Japan (Shōwa period: structures)
This list is of Japanese structures dating from the Shōwa period (1926–1989) that have been designated Important Cultural Properties.
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List of Japanese architects
The following is a chronological list of notable Japanese architects.
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Manchukuo
Manchukuo was a puppet state of the Empire of Japan in Northeast China that existed from 1932 until its dissolution in 1945.
Matsuo Bashō
; born Matsuo Kinsaku (松尾 金作), later known as Matsuo Chūemon Munefusa (松尾 忠右衛門 宗房) was the most famous Japanese poet of the Edo period.
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Meiji Shrine
is a Shinto shrine in Shibuya, Tokyo, that is dedicated to the deified spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress Shōken.
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Mie Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu.
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Minato, Tokyo
is a special ward of Tokyo, Japan.
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National Treasure (Japan)
Some of the National Treasures of Japan A is the most precious of Japan's Tangible Cultural Properties, as determined and designated by the Agency for Cultural Affairs (a special body of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology).
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Neologism
In linguistics, a neologism (also known as a coinage) is any newly formed word, term, or phrase that nevertheless has achieved popular or institutional recognition and is becoming accepted into mainstream language.
Nichiren
Nichiren (16 February 1222 – 13 October 1282) was a Japanese Buddhist priest and philosopher of the Kamakura period.
Nichiren-shū
is a combination of several schools ranging from four of the original Nichiren Buddhist schools that date back to Nichiren's original disciples, and part of the fifth.
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Ogawa Kazumasa
, also known as Ogawa Kazuma or Ogawa Isshin, was a Japanese photographer, printer and publisher who was a pioneer in photomechanical printing and photography in the Meiji era.
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Okakura Kakuzō
, also known as Okakura Tenshin, was a Japanese scholar and art critic who in the era of Meiji Restoration reform promoted a critical appreciation of traditional forms, customs and beliefs.
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Okura Museum of Art
is a museum in Tokyo, Japan.
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Order of Culture
The is a Japanese order, established on February 11, 1937.
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Order of the Sacred Treasure
The is a Japanese order, established on 4 January 1888 by Emperor Meiji as the Order of Meiji.
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Osaka
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan, and one of the three major cities of Japan (Tokyo-Osaka-Nagoya).
Prime Minister of Japan
The prime minister of Japan (Japanese: 内閣総理大臣, Hepburn: Naikaku Sōri-Daijin) is the head of government and the highest political position of Japan.
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Rehe Province
Rehe Province, known at the time as Jehol Province from an earlier romanization, was a former Chinese special administrative region and province centered on the city of Rehe, now known as Chengde.
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Romanesque Revival architecture
Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture.
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Routledge
Routledge is a British multinational publisher.
Sakyō-ku, Kyoto
is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
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Sōji-ji
is one of two of the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism.
Seoul
Seoul, officially Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest city of South Korea.
Shambhala Publications
Shambhala Publications is an independent publishing company based in Boulder, Colorado.
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Shibuya
is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis, Japan.
Shimoda Kikutaro
was an architect who created the prototype of the Imperial Crown Style for the Japanese Empire. Itō Chūta and Shimoda Kikutaro are imperial Crown Style architecture.
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Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto
is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
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Shinmei-zukuri
is an ancient Japanese architectural style typical of Ise Grand Shrine's honden, the holiest of Shinto shrines.
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Silk Road
The Silk Road was a network of Eurasian trade routes active from the second century BCE until the mid-15th century.
Suginami
is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan.
Sumida, Tokyo
is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan.
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Tatsuno Kingo
was a Japanese architect born in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, Kyushu. Itō Chūta and Tatsuno Kingo are 19th-century Japanese architects and 20th-century Japanese architects.
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Temple of Confucius
A temple of Confucius or Confucian temple is a temple for the veneration of Confucius and the sages and philosophers of Confucianism in Chinese folk religion and other East Asian religions.
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The Japan Times
The Japan Times is Japan's largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper.
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Tokyo
Tokyo (東京), officially the Tokyo Metropolis (label), is the capital of Japan and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of over 14 million residents as of 2023 and the second-most-populated capital in the world.
Tokyo National Museum
The or TNM is an art museum in Ueno Park in the Taitō ward of Tokyo, Japan. Itō Chūta and Tokyo National Museum are imperial Crown Style architecture.
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Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties
The, commonly known as Tobunken, is an institute dedicated to the preservation and utilization of cultural properties.
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Tsukiji fish market
is a major tourist attraction for both domestic and overseas visitors in Tokyo.
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Tsukiji Hongan-ji
, sometimes archaically romanized Hongwan-ji, is a Jodo Shinshu Buddhist temple located in the Tsukiji district of Tokyo, Japan.
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Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama
is one of the 18 ku (wards) of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
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University of Hawaiʻi Press
The University of Hawaiʻi Press is a university press that is part of the University of Hawaiʻi.
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University of Tokyo
The University of Tokyo (abbreviated as Tōdai (東大) in Japanese and UTokyo in English) is a public research university in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan.
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Waseda University
Waseda University, abbreviated as or, is a private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo.
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Yamagata Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu.
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Yasukuni Shrine
is a Shinto shrine located in Chiyoda, Tokyo.
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Yūshūkan
The is a Japanese military and war museum located within Yasukuni Shrine in Chiyoda, Tokyo.
Yokoamichō Park
is a public park in the Yokoami district of Sumida, Tokyo, Japan.
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Yonezawa, Yamagata
Yonezawa City Hall is a city in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.
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Yushima Seidō
, is a Confucian temple in Yushima, Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan.
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Zōjō-ji
is a Jōdo-shū Buddhist temple in Tokyo, Japan.
1923 Great Kantō earthquake
The also known in Japanese as struck the Kantō Plain on the main Japanese island of Honshū at 11:58:32 JST (02:58:32 UTC) on Saturday, September 1, 1923.
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See also
19th-century Japanese architects
- Itō Chūta
- Katayama Tōkuma
- Sone Tatsuzō
- Takeda Ayasaburō
- Tatsuno Kingo
- Tsumaki Yorinaka
- Yasunosuke Futa
- Yasushi Kataoka
20th-century Japanese architects
- Fumihiko Maki
- Hideto Kishida
- Hidetoshi Nagasawa
- Hiroshi Hara (architect)
- Ide Kaoru
- Itō Chūta
- Junichiro Ishikawa
- Junzo Sakakura
- Junzō Yoshimura
- Katayama Tōkuma
- Kazuyo Sejima
- Kenji Ishihara
- Kijuro Yahagi
- Kimiko Suzuki
- Kiyoshi Mutō
- Masaichi Kobayashi
- Miho Hamaguchi
- Ryue Nishizawa
- Seiichi Shirai
- Sone Tatsuzō
- Tadao Ando
- Tadashi Yamamoto (athlete)
- Takamasa Yoshizaka
- Takamitsu Azuma
- Takefumi Aida
- Tatsuno Kingo
- Tomoiku Ara
- Toyo Ito
- Tsumaki Yorinaka
- Uzō Nishiyama
- Von Jour Caux
- Yasuhiro Yamashita (architect)
- Yasushi Kataoka
- Yoshirō Taniguchi
Imperial Crown Style architecture
- Aichi Prefectural Government Office
- Government House, Hong Kong
- Ide Kaoru
- Imperial Crown Style
- Itō Chūta
- Jin Watanabe (architect)
- Judicial Building
- Kaohsiung Museum of History
- Kaohsiung Vision Museum
- Masatsugu Kobayashi
- Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery
- Nagoya City Hall
- Okada Shinichirō
- Sakhalin Regional Museum
- Seoul City Hall
- Shimoda Kikutaro
- Tokyo National Museum
- Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Japanese architectural historians
People from Yamagata Prefecture
- Abe Kōsō
- Ayako Sato
- Chūichi Nagumo
- Date Masamune
- Eikoh Hosoe
- Harumi Sato
- Hiroaki Abe
- Hiroh Kikai
- Ikeda Shigeaki
- Ishirō Honda
- Itō Chūta
- Jūrō Gotō
- Kanji Ishiwara
- Kazunori Itō
- Ken Okuyama
- Kiyoo Mogi
- Kiyoshi Kawakami
- Kyoko Inoue
- Kōtoku Satō
- Makoto Usami
- Masami Kobayashi
- Mineichirō Adachi
- Sakenobe Hidetsuna
- Satō Tetsutarō
- Shigematsu Sakaibara
- Shin Togashi
- Shirōta Kusakabe
- Shoma Sato (footballer)
- Shōichi Watanabe
- Shūmei Ōkawa
- Sumika Yanagawa
- Tadamichi Kamaya
- Takahiro Satō
- Takeo Doi (aircraft designer)
- Takeshi Koike
- Takeshi Usami
- Takushiro Hattori
- Tateoka Mitsushige
- Tetsu Tamura
- Tetsuro Nariyama
- Tokihiro Satō
- Tomegorō Yoshizumi
- Toshiharu Ikeda
- Toshio Honma
- Toyotarō Yūki
- Tōru Murakawa
- Yamashita Gentarō
- Yuji Nunokawa
- Yuko Takeda
References
Also known as Chūta Itō, Ito Chuta.