A study on the semi-Western techniques in modern architecture of Japanese style in the Imperial Household

Research Project

Project/Area Number	60550431
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	建築史・建築意匠
Research Institution	Toyohashi University of Technology
Principal Investigator	ONOGI Shigekatsu Toyohashi University of Technology ・ Professor, 工学部, 教授 (10043598)
Project Period (FY)	1985 – 1987
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 1987)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000) Fiscal Year 1987: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000) Fiscal Year 1986: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000) Fiscal Year 1985: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Keywords	Japanese Modern Architecture / Architecture of Japanese Style / Architecture of the Imperial Household / 和洋折衷技法 / 宮延建築
Research Abstract	The purpose of this study is to clarify the features of the semi-Western techniques in the Imperial Palace(1888), the Takanawa Palace(1892), the Imperial Villas at Azabu(1893), Numazu(1893), Hayama(1894), Miyanoshita(1895), Nikko(1896), Nikko-Tamozawa(1899), Kamakur(1899), Shizuoka(1900), Odawara(1901), the Hayama Attached Imperial Villa(1906), and the Muko Detached Palace(1914), on the basis of their materials. The Imperial Palace was built in traditional Japanese style after the model of the Kyoto Imperial Palace. It was consist of the Formal Palace and the Inner Palace. The former was introduced the Western techniques conspicuously into the foundation work, roof truss and some interior decorations, as against the latter was introduced them a little into the interior decorations. The Takanawa Palace and other Imperial Villas were built in traditional Japanese style after the model of the Inner Palace in the Imperial Palace. They wereabout the same style and introduced a few Western techniques into the interiordecorations. But Muko Detached Palace was used new materials and techniques. It was influenced by the advancement of technique in general architecture in the early 1900s and shows the signs of modernization in architecture of the Imperial Household.