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*''Built: [[1880]], [[Sapporo]]''
The Hôheikan was a wooden mansion in the American style built in [[1880]] in [[Sapporo]] in order to house the [[Meiji Emperor]] on his visit to [[Hokkaido|Hokkaidô]] the following year. The structure was also intended to house foreign dignitaries.
It was built by the [[Hokkaido Development Commission]] (''Kaitakushi''), reportedly at a cost of more than 45,000 yen.
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==References==
Dallas Finn, "Reassessing the Rokumeikan," in Ellen Conan (ed.), ''Challenging Past and Present: The Metamorphosis of Nineteenth-Century Japanese Art'', University of Hawaii Press (2006), 233.
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]
The Hôheikan was a wooden mansion in the American style built in [[1880]] in [[Sapporo]] in order to house the [[Meiji Emperor]] on his visit to [[Hokkaido|Hokkaidô]] the following year. The structure was also intended to house foreign dignitaries.
It was built by the [[Hokkaido Development Commission]] (''Kaitakushi''), reportedly at a cost of more than 45,000 yen.
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==References==
Dallas Finn, "Reassessing the Rokumeikan," in Ellen Conan (ed.), ''Challenging Past and Present: The Metamorphosis of Nineteenth-Century Japanese Art'', University of Hawaii Press (2006), 233.
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Historic Buildings]]