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73-753: It is designed in the Imperial Crown style , a fusion Japanese and modern style. It survived the bombings of World War II and is registered as a Tangible Cultural Property of Japan . It is located close to the Aichi Prefectural Government Office . The present main building was built on September 6, 1933. 1-1, Sannomaru 3-chome, Naka-ku , Nagoya, Japan ( Postal code 460-8508). [REDACTED] Media related to Nagoya City Hall at Wikimedia Commons 35°10′53.21″N 136°54′22.92″E  /  35.1814472°N 136.9063667°E  / 35.1814472; 136.9063667 This article about

146-582: A Sōrin finial , traditionally used in Buddhist temple architecture. Different types of Japanese gables are also used including Chidori gables ( 千鳥破風 , Chidori hafu ) , which are used with Shiroko styled roofs, Irimoya gables ( 入母屋破風 , Irimoya hafu ) , and Karahafu gables ( 唐破風 , karahafu ) as seen in the Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art Annex. Traditional ornamental fittings are also incorporated into Imperial Crown Style architecture, such as

219-415: A Diet member with the rest open to visitors on a first-come-first-served basis. Visitors to the public gallery must have admission tickets. Newspaper and news service reporters receive passes valid for an entire Diet session. The public gallery must follow internal statutes mandated by the chairman, and the chairman retains the authority to command the guards and law enforcement officials to maintain order in

292-457: A Japanese building- or structure-related topic is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Imperial Crown style The Imperial Crown Style ( 帝冠様式 , teikan yōshiki ) of Japanese architecture developed during the Japanese Empire in the early twentieth century. The style is identified by Japanese-style roofing on top of Neoclassical styled buildings; and can have

365-532: A centrally elevated structure with a pyramidal hip roof . Outside of the Japanese mainland, Imperial Crown Style architecture often included regional architectural elements. Before the end of World War II, the style was originally referred to as Emperor's Crown Amalgamate Style , and sometimes Emperor's Crown Style (帝冠式, Teikanshiki). Starting in Japan in the 1930s, this Western and Japanese eclectic architectural style

438-472: A draughtsman by Frank Lloyd Wright in Chicago, but was not held in high regard. In Wright's autobiography, he described Shimoda as a yellow-faced and evil-eyed, and then assaulted and terminated his employment. Shimoda returned to Japan, and submitted two preliminary design drawings. Shimoda avoided strictly imitating Western architectural styles seen in large scale hotel projects of the period, by amalgamating

511-582: A member badge based on precedent (identification cards are accepted since 2005). No exceptions are allowed to this rule; then-Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda once attempted to enter the Chamber while forgetting to wear his badge and was halted by the guards, the situation of which was resolved when Fukuda hastily borrowed a member badge from a nearby Diet member, Yoshiro Mori . Parenthetically, either House restricts its members from wearing hats, coats, scarfs, or carrying umbrellas or walking sticks without permission from

584-656: A memorandum with the Imperial Household for the project until March 1916, and not without protest from Kikutaro, who claimed that his design had been appropriated by Lloyd. Architectural design competitions were held for the Kanagawa Prefectural office in 1920, and for the Nagoya Prefectural office in 1930, both winning entries had Japanese style roofs. Neither of these competitions had entry conditions which required Japonesque architectural designs, however as

657-473: A particular design purpose – this was interpreted as being essentially Japanese. Kunio Maekawa's entry was supported by the youngest judge Kishida Hideta, but his decision was overturned by Chūta Itō, and the proposal was not successful. Despite this, Kunio Maekawa gained sympathy for his stance of promoting modernism, and became a hero to his professional peers. To the architects of the 1930s these Japanese styled roofs set on Japonesque buildings, appeared to be

730-542: A period of decline of older architectural designs, the development of Japonesque architecture was forced to stop. On the other hand, the increasing influence of Modernist architecture benefited from the regulatory standards governing building functionality, and rebound after the end of the war. The end of World War II, began a period repudiation of pre-war Statism in Shōwa Japan to give way to post-war democratisation. The post-War Modernist architects who had been repressed by

803-580: A process of 'de-Japanisation' ( qu Ribenhua in Chinese), anti-Japanese sentiment led to some examples of Japanese architecture being demolished or modified to a more 'Chinese' style. However, in 1982 the Cultural Heritage Preservation Law was passed which provided for such relics being preserved as national assets. Examples of Imperial Crown Style architecture can also be found in Korea, including

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876-538: A revival of the Emperor's Crown Amalgamate Style and therefore used the term Emperor's Crown Style . To Chūta Itō, the modification of Classic architecture that required a Japanese style roof, and in the Emperor's Crown Amalgamate Style, which was a legitimate Classic architectural design that had a Japanese style roof; despite them being distinctly different, he condemned both styles calling them "national disgraces" . However at

949-469: Is also used to allow visitors into the building during open house events. The lobby behind the central entrance and right below the central tower is what is called the central hall. The hall has a stairwell that reaches from the second floor to the sixth floor and a ceiling that is 32.62 meters (107.0 ft) high. The ceiling is made of stained glass and has four oil paintings of Japan's four seasons in its corners. The paintings each depict Mount Yoshino in

1022-431: Is characterized by the wide driveway and the entrance doors that are made of bronze and each measure 3.94 meters (12.9 ft) in height, 1.09 meters (3 ft 7 in) in width, and 1.125 tons in weight. These doors for the central entrance, the separate entrance doors for each House building, and the bronze doors inside the building were outsourced to and built by Tokyo School of Fine Arts (currently Tokyo University of

1095-453: Is located at Nagatachō 1-chome 7–1, Chiyoda, Tokyo . Sessions of the House of Representatives take place in the south wing and sessions of the House of Councillors in the north wing. The Diet Building was completed in 1936 and is constructed entirely of Japanese materials, with the exception of the stained glass, door locks, and pneumatic tube system. The construction of the building for

1168-524: Is said to have offered a panoramic view over Tokyo, but both the observatory and the hall are closed today to all but the building manager. Even Diet members must obtain permission to enter. The fourth floor of the central tower is a sub-office of the National Diet Library and can be used freely by anyone affiliated with the Diet. The fourth floor does not have a restroom because it would be situated above

1241-498: The East Asian hip-and-gable roof (入母屋, Irimoya ) style and floor plan of Phoenix Hall Byōdō-in , into an earthquake resistant building. In March 1916, Following Shimoda's submission, the project architect was changed to Frank Lloyd Wright, who signed a memorandum with the Imperial Household. When Wright's design plans became known to Shimoda, he made claims that his work had been plagiarised. The Imperial Hotels executives conceded to

1314-758: The Seoul Metropolitan Library ( 京城府庁舎 , Keijō fuchōsha ) , built by the Chōsen Architectural Association ( 朝鮮建築会 , Chōsen kenchiku kai ) , in the 1920s. Examples of the style were also constructed in Manchukuo , or Manchuria, a region in China which formed part of the Japanese Empire for more than a decade until 1945. For a time, the area of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in Russia was part of

1387-525: The 1930s, most variations in design became known as Emperor's Crown Style . The Kanagawa Prefectural office competition specifications were for a building which had to be clearly visible, and identifiable from ships approaching the entrance of the harbour. The result included definitive architectural features such as an eclectic Beaux-Arts and five-story pagoda styled high tower with a Japonesque Emperor's Crown styled roof. The use of scratched tiles were adopted from Frank Lloyd Wright's Imperial Hotel, and

1460-455: The 1990s, the government announced plans to demolish the building, but it was conserved after lobbying by academics and the general public. It was restored and opened as a museum in 1998. The design of the old Kaohsiung Railway Station building, now Kaohsiung Vision Museum also incorporates the Han character "高". The station was built by Shimizu Corporation , and completed in 1941. In the 1990s, it

1533-427: The 3rd floor. The ceiling is partly made from stained glass which lets in sunlight, so the ceiling lights are kept turned off unless there is a plenary assembly in the chamber. The floor is structured in the so-called “continental” fashion; the floor forms a fan shape with the chairman and the podium at its center, and member seats are allotted to each parliamentary group in accordance to their size. The chairman sits in

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1606-753: The Aichi Prefectural Government Office. A number of Imperial Crown Style buildings can be found in Taiwan. They were designed by Japanese architects, and constructed when Taiwan was part of the Japanese empire , in the period from 1895 to 1945. Examples of the style include the Judicial Yuan Building in Taipei, the old Kaohsiung Railway Station, Hualien District Court building, and the Kaohsiung Museum of History. The Judicial Yuan Building

1679-456: The Arts ). The central entrance is not for daily use to enter and exit the Diet building and is called “the door that never opens” because of its restricted access. The entrance is used when Diet members attend their first session after a House of Representatives general election or a House of Councilors regular election and when welcoming the Emperor or foreign heads of state into the Diet building. It

1752-447: The Chamber as members of the House of Representatives also attend the opening ceremony held at the Chamber. The number of seats, however, is still not enough to accommodate the entire 722 members of the Diet, so at the opening ceremony Diet members are sometimes seen standing in the aisles or space in the back of the floor. Both Chambers prohibit Diet members from entering without a jacket and

1825-422: The Emperor makes his opening statement from his throne. In the Chamber of the House of Councillors, the microphones are only for the chairman and the podium, while in the Chamber of the House of Representatives, they are also given to the secretary general who report voting results and the Diet member in charge of making procedural motions. There are currently 242 members of the House of Councillors but 460 seats in

1898-472: The Emperor's throne is at the top of the stairs behind the chairman's seat which will be removed in preparation for the opening ceremony. As a legacy of the historic custom to invite the Emperor to the Chamber of the House of Peers in the opening ceremony of the Imperial Diet, even today the opening ceremonies invite the Emperor to the Chamber of the House of Councillors, a successor of the House of Peers, where

1971-437: The House of Representatives is divided into seats for VIPs, diplomats, members of the House of Councillors, government officials, the general public and journalists. The public gallery in the House of Councillors accommodates the imperial family, VIPs, foreign diplomats, members of the House of Representatives, government officials, the general public and journalists. The general public seats are partly assigned to guests invited by

2044-522: The Imperial Diet Building (present National Diet Building ) in 1920, and reached its peak in the 1930s until the end of World War II. The style ran contrary to modernism and placed an emphasis on including traditional Japanese architectural elements, in a distinct expression of Japanese Western Eclectic Architecture . During the 1920s and 1930s the last buildings with architectural designs drawing from artistic historicism were constructed. This

2117-683: The Imperial Diet building competition which was not successful. However his petitions to the National Diet were successful in having the final design changed, and to draw attention to what became known as Imperial Crown Amalgamate Style to the government, public, and his professional peers. It was not until the early 1930s that Military Hall , was built conforming to Shimoda's specifications for Imperial Crown Amalgamate style. The Kanegawa Prefectural Office, had been built before Military Hall, but had already departed from Shimoda's original style. As more examples by different architects became more popular in

2190-595: The Japanese Empire known as Toyohara . Some Japanese buildings remain, including the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Museum, which is in the Imperial Crown Style. [REDACTED] Media related to Imperial Crown architecture at Wikimedia Commons National Diet Building The National Diet Building ( 国会議事堂 , Kokkai-gijidō ) is the building where both houses of the National Diet of Japan meet. It

2263-515: The Japanese architectural industry, became personal opponents of fascism. There had not been an instance where modernism in Japanese architecture, had opposed Japanese fascism, however they opposed fascism by condemning the easily made association of Japan's postwar recovery and the Japonesque architecture of pre-war fascist Japan. Because the architects who had promoted Japonesque architecture had lost their political influence, they were unable to counter

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2336-837: The Kanagawa Prefectural office was located in Yokohama there was a known association with Western foreigners, and Nagoya Prefectural office was in close proximity to Nagoya Castle , so a Japanese styling was included in the designs. Following this, the competition entry guidelines for the Japan Life Building ( 日本生命館 , Nihon seimei kan ) , Dairei Memorial Kyōto Museum of Art ( 大礼記念京都美術館 , Dairei kinen bijutsukan ) , and Military Hall ( 軍人会館 , Gunjin Kaikan ) , had provisions for Japonesque architectural designs. The proportion of winning designs from entries with Japanese style roofs increased; three entries out of eight had Japanese style roofs in

2409-633: The Nagoya Prefectural office competition, and all ten entries in the Military Hall competition From 1930 to 1932 an architectural design competition for the Tokyō Imperial Chamber Museum (Tōkyo National Museum) ( 東京帝室博物館 , Tōkyo teishitsu hakubutsukan ) with entry guidelines stipulating Japonesque styling for submissions, however objections were raised by a younger generation of architects preferring modernist architectural styles. The Japan International Architecture Association opposed

2482-462: The Rokuyō fittings ( 六葉の金具 , Rokuyō no kanagu ) , and pagoda Sōrin and Shintō finials. According to the post war architecture critiques the accepted position was that Imperial Crown Style was synonymous with Statism in Shōwa Japan ( 天皇制ファシズム ) which was a type of fascism. The position these critiques took was despite differences between the Japanese wartime building regulations, which only limited

2555-800: The Shiroko styled roof ( 錣屋根 , Shiroko yane ) used in Military Hall ( 軍人会館 , Gunjin kaikan ) , the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk museum, and Aichi Prefectural Government Office , often with gently sloped roof ridges Japanese mune ( 棟 , mune ) . Different Japanese styled roofs are also used such as a four or six polygonal tented roof 宝形造 ( Hōgyō tsukuri ) such as seen in the Nagoya City Hall , Kanagawa Prefectural Building, Seoul Metropolitan Library, Judicial Yuan Building, and Manchukuo Council Building. When tented roofs are used they are often capped with

2628-572: The argument that Japonesque architecture represented fascism. In 1911 architect "George" Kikutarō Shimoda who had designed the Tor Hotel in Kobe , received a formal request from Aisaku Hayashi ( 林愛作 ) General Manager of the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, for a complete preliminary study to be conducted for the rebuilding of the Imperial Hotel. Prior to his engagement in this project, Shimoda had been employed as

2701-441: The building might have been inspired by another entrant, third prize winner Takeuchi Shinshichi, and are believed to have been chosen because they reflected a more modern hybrid architecture than the purely European and East Asian designs proposed by other architects. While the actual source for the “Pyramid” roof remains unclear, Japanese historian Jonathan Reynolds suggests it was “probably borrowed” from Takeuchi although an image of

2774-470: The building's site incorporates a symmetric "日" shaped Han character, which symbolises the Japanese Empire's southernmost political centre. Lin says that the "日" refers both to its literal meaning, which is the sun (symbolically the origin and legitimacy of the authority), and to its ideological imagery as the Japanese Empire's initial "日"本帝國, comprising descendants of Amaterasu , a sun goddess in Shintoism . In

2847-477: The building. Ende and Böckmann's Diet Building was never built, but their other "government ring" designs were used for the Tokyo District Court and Ministry of Justice buildings. In 1898, Prime Minister Itō Hirobumi interviewed American Ralph Adams Cram , who proposed a more "Oriental" design for the building, featuring tiled roofs and a large enclosure of walls and gates. The Itō government fell as Cram

2920-461: The center accompanied by the secretary general on his right. The podium stands in front of the chairman's seat, and the stenographer sits beneath the podium. Two rows of seats stretch on both sides of the chair, the front row for cabinet members (the seat closest to the chairman is for the Prime Minister) and the back row for the Diet administrative staffs. The Diet members’ seats are designated by

2993-466: The central entrance, the central hall, Gokyusho (emperor's resting space), and the central tower to the House of Councilors (Upper House), the front courtyard to the House of Representatives (Lower House), and the National Diet Library suboffice on the 4th floor of the central tower to the National Diet Library. The central entrance stands behind the main gate and below the central tower. It

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3066-410: The chairman at the beginning of a Diet session but can be switched during a session if necessary. The House of Representatives makes it a custom to allocate larger parliamentary groups to the chairman's right. In other words, the majority party will sit on the furthest right to the chairman followed by the second largest party, and independents sit in the far left. In the House of Councillors, by contrast,

3139-435: The chairman. Smoking is also prohibited. Diet members are also forbidden to read newspapers and literature other than reference materials. Above the rear of the Chamber is a public gallery which is physically a part of the Chamber but is considered a different jurisdiction under the Diet internal regulations. According to those rules, visitors to the public gallery are forbidden from entering the Chamber. The public gallery in

3212-492: The considerable demands for compensation that Shimoda had made, during a six-year copyright dispute over the architectural designs for the hotel. A review of Shimoda's work conducted by the Akita Prefectural Museum found that Wright had retained most of Shimoda's design, but replaced the Japanese roof with a Prairie School styled roof. Having left the Imperial Hotel project, Shimoda submitted preliminary studies for

3285-558: The construction materials that could be used for a project, compared how the Third Reich to implemented and promoted Nazi architecture . The directives for design regulations had specifications about aerial camouflage, but nothing requiring the inclusion of a tiled roof. Buildings in this style were characterised by having a Japanese-style roof such as the Tōkyō Imperial Museum (1937) by Hitoshi Watanabe ; and Nagoya City Hall and

3358-405: The entry guidelines and solicited architects to boycott the competition. On one side Kunio Maekawa and Chikatada Kurata, despite knowing that they would be defeated, submitted modernist-style plans. They had not ignored the competition guidelines, but as in Japanese traditional building construction involved crafting timbers in a particular way – crafting reinforced concrete as if it was timber for

3431-617: The entry is not provided but instead he thanks fellow historian of Africa studies at Columbia, Zoe Strother, for mentioning that Takeuchi’s design resembles the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus , which was a model for some prominent Western designs in the early 20th century, such as John Russell Pope's 1911 award-winning House of the Temple in Washington, D.C., and the downtown Los Angeles City Hall , completed in 1928. The building assigns jurisdiction over

3504-661: The flowering motifs used throughout the building are based on the features of Byodō-in temple. The building's tower is referred to as "King's Tower", and complements the domed temple-bell-shaped tower roof of the Yokohama Customs Building called "Queen's Tower". Although not built in any of the Imperial Crown Styles, Yokohama Harbor Memorial Pavilion is referred to as "Jack's" tower. Military Hall and Tokyo National Museum are considered to be exemplary representations of Imperial Crown Style architecture, based on

3577-510: The idea that politics is never complete. Others say designers left it open to urge politicians today to outstrip the three grand predecessors, or that they avoided erecting a statue with its back to the Imperial palace. The empty pedestal is displayed with a big pine bonsai on the first day of the Diet session. The central tower measures 65.45 meters (214.7 ft) in height, and surpassed Mitsukoshi ’s main store (60.61 metres [198.9 ft]) which

3650-400: The largest parliamentary group sits in the center with smaller groups on either side. Within a parliamentary group, members who have been elected the fewest times are seated in the front rows closest to the chairman, while those with a longer record as politicians sit in the back rows. Each seat has a number and a name plate with white letters in a black background. In the House of Councillors,

3723-650: The late 1920s. Construction during this period included: buildings with architecture that was harmonised with an interior theme such as, Kabuki-za (1924) and the East-Oriental Tōkyo Research Institution (1933), architecture that was considerate of the surrounding area aesthetics such as, Shiba Ward Office (1929) and Women's Pavilion (1936), international tourist hotels that appealed to a sense of exoticism related to Western foreigners such as, Biwa-Ko Hotel (1934) and Gamagori Classic Hotel (1934), were built. In 1919 an architectural design competition

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3796-448: The main stairway covered with a red carpet that leads from the central hall. The L-shaped desk for the Emperor is a remnant from the pre-war era when the Emperor dressed in military uniform and needed a place to put his headdress to use his right hand to sign documents, while having his left side (carrying the sword) unencumbered. In this room, the Emperor receives courtesy visits from chairmen and vice chairmen of both Houses before attending

3869-431: The old Diet of Japan began in 1920; however, plans for the building date back to the late 1880s. The Diet met in temporary structures for the first fifty years of its existence because there was no agreement over what form its building should take. German architects Wilhelm Böckmann and Hermann Ende were invited to Tokyo in 1886 and 1887, respectively. They created two plans for a Diet building. Böckmann's initial plan

3942-487: The opening ceremony in the Chamber of the House of Councilors. Supposedly with ten percent of the entire construction cost spent on this room, Gokyūsho is entirely made of cypress coated with Japanese lacquer , and adornments above the outside of the room are made from cuckoo, a type of stone extracted in Anan, Tokushima . The materials and decorations used for this room are particularly rich in craftsmanship and glamour among all

4015-514: The repair work of the tower. The ruptured granite stone is currently owned by Tohoku University and the Kiseki Museum of World Stones in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka. The Gokyūsho (御休所) was originally referred to as Gobinden (御便殿) and was built as a place for the Emperor to rest upon his visit to the Diet to attend events like the opening and closing ceremonies. The chamber is located at the top of

4088-403: The restroom designated for the Emperor, located nearby Gokyusho (as described later). In September 2003, the central tower was hit by lightning, and the granite stone at the top of the tower ruptured, breaking the stained glass beneath. Employees of Kajima Corporation who happened to be present at the scene to fix a restroom requested help from their own company which ended up being in charge of

4161-570: The rooms in the Diet building. The chandelier is made of crystal. A private restroom for the Emperor stands close to Gokyūsho and has both western and Japanese style toilets. When the Emperor travels between the Imperial Palace and the Diet, he is escorted by police motorcade, police cars, and an open limousine accompanied by Imperial Palace guards and law enforcement officials from the Tokyo police department. Diet guards put on white ceremonial robes in

4234-578: The spring, Lake Towada in the summer, Okunikko in the fall, and the Japan Alps in the winter. They were drawn not by famous artists but by art students. In the four corners of the central hall are statues of Itagaki Taisuke , Okuma Shigenobu , and Ito Hirobumi who were instrumental in establishing constitutional government in Japan, and an empty pedestal. It is not clear why there is an empty pedestal. Some claim original designers could not reach consensus on whose statue to install, or that it encapsulated

4307-418: The summer and black robes in the winter on the day of the Emperor's visit. It is said that Mount Fuji could be viewed from the windows of Gokyūsho before office buildings blocked the view. Much of the interiors of the Diet building are designed by Naigai Technos Co. These large halls are usually called the “main chambers” and are located on the 2nd floor of each House building with a ceiling that opens up to

4380-691: The time, Emperor's Crown Amalgamate Style was mostly forgotten, so a minor idea such as a Japanese style was not enough to prevent any confusion. In 1937 the Sino-Japanese War began, and the Steel Fabrication Real Rights Building Approval Regulation ( 鉄鋼工作物権造許可規制 , Tekkō kōsaku bukken kyoka shisei ) . was issued, which limited buildings requiring over 50 tons of steel to be limited to munitions related structures only. Circumstances meant that no longer could decorative buildings be constructed, and along with

4453-609: The traditional curved roof component adopted from Japanese Buddhist temple architecture and reinforced concrete construction. However Japanese architectural scholars state that the Tokyo National Museum is not representative of Imperial Crown Style, because the exterior walls are not modelled on any of the Western architectural aesthetics consistent with the style. The following are common features found in Imperial Crown Style architecture that are easily identifiable. These include

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4526-507: Was a masonry structure with a dome and flanking wings, similar to other legislatures of the era, which would form the core of a large "government ring" south of the Imperial Palace . However, at the time there was public resistance in Japan to Foreign Minister Inoue Kaoru 's internationalist policies, and so the architects submitted a more "Japanese" design as well, substituting traditional Japanese architectural features for many parts of

4599-421: Was criticized by many who thought that choice to be too arbitrary. The ministry sponsored a public design competition in 1918, and 118 designs were submitted for the new building. The first prize winner, Watanabe Fukuzo (渡辺 福三), produced a design similar to Ende and Böckmann’s. The Diet Building was eventually constructed between 1920 and 1936 with a floor plan based on Watanabe’s entry. The roof and tower of

4672-533: Was designed by the Japanese architect Ide Kaoru , and completed in 1934. The building is in an eclectic style, with a Chinese-influenced "Koa" roof on an octagonal central tower. The three circular arches and arched windows at the entrance hall reflect elements of Arabic and Islamic architecture. Ide Kaoru was responsible for many significant structures in Taiwan, including the Executive Yuan building and Zhongshan Hall in Taipei. The Kaohsiung Museum of History

4745-487: Was due to a decline in the strict adherence to the design rules that defined classic historicism in architecture, and gave way to an eclectic architectural style which included aspects of Frank Lloyd Wright , Modernism and Expressionist architecture . This was a compromise made to combine multiple styles into the classical or simplified classical architectural design in a single building. In Japan, buildings which incorporated Japanese styled components were popularised in

4818-764: Was en route to the United States, and the project was dropped. With an internal deadline approaching, the government enlisted Ende and Böckmann associate Adolph Stegmueller and Japanese architect Yoshii Shigenori to design a temporary structure. The building, a two-story, European-style wooden structure, opened in November 1890 on a site in Hibiya . An electrical fire burned down the first building in January 1891, only two months later. Another Ende and Böckmann associate, Oscar Tietze, joined Yoshii to design its replacement. The second building

4891-451: Was held for the design of the Imperial Diet Building (present National Diet Building ), with all the winning entries being renaissance designs. Shimoda Kikutaro raised objections to these designs, by moving two petitions through the Imperial Diet. Shimoda presented a design with a Japanese-styled roof set atop of the body of the building, naming this Emperor's Crown Amalgamate Style , and actively distributed pamphlets about this cause, but

4964-561: Was larger than the first, but followed a similar design: it housed the Diet until 1925 when another fire destroyed the building. In 1910, the Finance Ministry started a commission in an attempt to take control over the new Diet Building design from the Home Ministry . Prime Minister Katsura Tarō (桂 太郎) chaired the commission, which recommended that the new building emulate an Italian Renaissance architectural style. This recommendation

5037-458: Was originally the old Kaohsiung City Hall, designed by Japanese architect Ōno Yonejirō, and completed in 1939. Francis Chia-Hui Lin, a Taiwanese architectural historian, notes that the shape of the Museum's central tower is suggestive of the Han character "高" which forms part of the name, "Kaohsiung City" (高雄). This name, which was given to the city by the Japanese, means "high hero". Lin also notes that

5110-448: Was promoted by Itō Chūta , Sano Toshikata, and Takeda Goichi. Itō, Sano, and Takeda had been appointed as judges for architectural design competitions , held a preferences for Japonesque aesthetics to be incorporated into the design guidelines, and chose designs where a Japanese styled roof was integrated into a Western style reinforced concrete building. The prototype for the style was developed by architect Shimoda Kikutaro for

5183-463: Was rejected by the architectural industry. From 1906 to 1922 both Frank Lloyd Wright and Shimoda Kikutaro, who had been active together in Chicago, submitted separate design proposals for the rebuilding of the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo . Shimoda had submitted a proposal for a Japanese style roof set on a low profile masonry building before Wright had become involved in the project. Wright did not sign

5256-434: Was scheduled for demolition to enable the digging of new railway tunnels. However, after consulting with the public, the government agreed it should be preserved. In 2002, it was moved in one piece, more than 80 metres from its original location. Once tunnelling is complete in the next few years, it will be moved back to its original location and form part of a modern railway hub. For some years after World War II, as part of

5329-410: Was the tallest building at the time the Diet building was constructed. It remained the tallest building in Japan until Hotel New Otani ’s main 73-metre (240 ft)-building was constructed in 1964. Inside the pyramid-shaped dome is a large hall, from the center of which a spiral staircase leads up to the observatory on the top floor of the tower. The seven-square-metre (75 sq ft) observatory

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