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THE RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE OF IMPERIAL FAMILY AND THEIR PEERAGE A CASE STUDY ON MODERN JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE

Research Project

Project/Area Number 03650502
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field 建築史・建築意匠
Research InstitutionUNIVERSITY OF TOKYO

Principal Investigator

FUJIMORI Terunobu  INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, 生産技術研究所, 助教授 (80159128)

Project Period (FY) 1991 – 1993
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1993)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000)
Fiscal Year 1993: ¥400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000)
Fiscal Year 1992: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 1991: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
KeywordsARCHITECTURE / RESIDENCE / IMPERIAL FAMILY / PEERAGE / MODERN JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE / LIFE STYLE / 皇族邸宅 / 華族邸宅 / 近代住宅 / 近代建築 / 生活文化 / 華族制度 / 都市形成 / 近代住宅史 / 近代建築史 / 生活文化史 / 都市形成史 / 近代和風建築
Research Abstract

Despite the volumes published on modern Japanese architecture, the subject on residential architecture of the Japanese Imperial Family and their Peerage built during the Meiji era (1868-1912) has been a sadly neglected field of endeavor. The lack of research works can be attributed to the lack of materials available, compounded by the fact that 80% of these structures were either destroyed during the great Kanto earthquake of 1923 or the Second World War. Through this paper, this researcher hopes to fill this gap in the history of modern Japanese architecture. The research study involved, among other things, the investigation of depositories for old architectural drawings. However, more materials were unraveled upon conducting painstaking interviews with the heirs of Japan's 50 most distinguished families. Likewise, old architectural magazines such as Kenchiku Sekkai, Kenchiku Zasshi, and Kenchiku Gahou, to name a few, were laboriously checked.
The main objective of this study aims to answer such general questions as : a)What were these people's houses ; b)In what styles were they built ; c)Who designed them, d)What type of construction technology was utilized, e)What were the users' lifestyles and what changes were instituted, among others. In short, this paper is about understanding why these Japanese houses looked the way they did and the conditions that enforced them. It will also unmask the man it was built for : his character, tastes, interests, wealth, aspirations, and fears.

Report

(4 results)
  • 1993 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1992 Annual Research Report
  • 1991 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (13 results)

All Other

All Publications (13 results)

  • [Publications] 藤森照信: "日本の近代建築(上)(下)" 岩波書店, 267; 257 (1993)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1993 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 藤森照信: "岩崎家四代ゆかりの邸宅・庭園" 三菱広報委員会, 158 (1994)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1993 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] FUJIMORI, TERUNOBU: IWANAMI-SYOTEN. MODERN JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE (I・II), 267(I), 257(II) (1993)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1993 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] FUJIMORI, TERUNOBU: MITSUBISHI PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. BARON IWASAKI MANSION AND GARDEN, 158 (1994)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1993 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 藤森照信: "日本の近代建築" 岩波書店, 267 (1993)

    • Related Report
      1993 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 藤森照信: "岩崎家四代ゆかりの邸宅・庭園" 三菱広報委員会, 161 (1994)

    • Related Report
      1993 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 藤森 照信: "家の記憶28〜38" こんにちわ. 4月〜3月. 2-12 (1992-1993)

    • Related Report
      1992 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 藤森 照信: "旧細川護立邸" こんにちは. 88号. 2-9 (1991)

    • Related Report
      1991 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 藤森 照信: "旧徳川義親邸" こんにちは. 90号. 2-9 (1991)

    • Related Report
      1991 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 藤森 照信: "旧前田利為邸" こんにちは. 95号. 2-9 (1991)

    • Related Report
      1991 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 藤森 照信: "旧徳川頼倫邸" こんにちは. 85号. 2-9 (1991)

    • Related Report
      1991 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 藤森 照信: "旧島津忠重邸" こんにちは. 86号. 2-9 (1991)

    • Related Report
      1991 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 藤森 照信: "旧有栖川宮威仁親王邸" こんにちは. 83号. 2-9 (1991)

    • Related Report
      1991 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1991-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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