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Meiji architecture and national image

Meiji architecture and national image. Thoroughly Western style--E.g. Osaka Mint British colonial Italianate Various revival styles. “Psuedo-Western style” ( giyôfû )--E.g. Nihon Kangyo Bank; Kaichi Primary School Japanese stylistic adornment to Western buildings. Going West.

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Meiji architecture and national image

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  1. Meiji architecture and national image

  2. Thoroughly Western style--E.g. Osaka Mint British colonial Italianate Various revival styles “Psuedo-Western style” (giyôfû)--E.g. Nihon Kangyo Bank; Kaichi Primary School Japanese stylistic adornment to Western buildings Going West

  3. Osaka Mint 1871(Thomas James Waters)

  4. Ginza reconstruction 1870s (Waters)

  5. Rokumeikan1882 (Josiah Conder)

  6. Japanifying Western buildings • Karahafu bow-shaped gable--e.g., Himeji Castle

  7. Nihon Kangyo Bank 1899Shrine and Temple Style (Shajiyô)

  8. Nihon Kangyo Bank(in amusement park, 1930s)

  9. Nihon Kangyo Bank, 1899(now relocated in Chiba as Chiba Toyopet HQ)

  10. Kaichi Primary School 1876 Tateishi Seijû (image from SILS Art, Univ. Michigan Art History)

  11. Kaichi Primary School

  12. Kyoto--the antiquarians Past History Tradition Gendered ambiguity Emperor as god Emperor above politics Spirituality Court robes Beardless face Invisibility Tokyo--the civilizationists Present Future Civilization Masculinity Emperor as mortal Emperor head of state Mundane prosperity Military uniform Bearded face Visibility Privy Council debate and the center of Empire 1888(see Fujitani, Splendid Monarchy)

  13. Museumification of Kyoto • Kyoto Gosho (official website, Imp. Household Agency • 1870s disrepair, neglect • 1880s resurgence of interest, preservation

  14. Heian Shrine 1896 (Kigo Kiyoyoshi and Itô Chûta)

  15. Daigokuden (Hall of State)21st c. reconstruction of Heijo/Nara Palace Hall of State Source: http://www.naraexplorer.jp/special/

  16. Jidai Matsuri (October, Kyoto) • Established in 1896 to coincide with opening of Heian Shrine • Festival of the Ages--celebration of Kyoto history/tradition

  17. Kyoto tourist map

  18. Columbia World Exposition, Chicago 1893

  19. Japanese exhibit, Chicago 1893(Ho-O-Den and Phoenix Pavilion--Byôdô-in)

  20. Tomb of the Mausolus

  21. National Diet Building 1936

  22. Speer’s new Reich’s Chancellery

  23. Speer’s plans for Germania(World Capital--1940s-1950s!)

  24. Tokyo plans Meiji era Tokyo 1888-87 Government Centralization plan

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