1993 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
THE RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE OF IMPERIAL FAMILY AND THEIR PEERAGE A CASE STUDY ON MODERN JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE
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03650502
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
建築史・建築意匠
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| Research Institution | UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO |
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Principal Investigator |
FUJIMORI Terunobu INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, 生産技術研究所, 助教授 (80159128)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1991 – 1993
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| Keywords | ARCHITECTURE / RESIDENCE / IMPERIAL FAMILY / PEERAGE / MODERN JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE / LIFE STYLE |
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| 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.
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