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Tatsuno Kingo was a prominent [[Meiji architecture|Meiji period architect]], known in particular for the [[Bank of Japan]] building, completed in [[1896]], and [[Tokyo Station]]. | Tatsuno Kingo was a prominent [[Meiji architecture|Meiji period architect]], known in particular for the [[Bank of Japan]] building, completed in [[1896]], and [[Tokyo Station]]. | ||
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*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), 227. | *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), 227. | ||
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Revision as of 16:02, 13 June 2014
- Born: 1854
- Died: 1919
Tatsuno Kingo was a prominent Meiji period architect, known in particular for the Bank of Japan building, completed in 1896, and Tokyo Station.
His design for the Bank of Japan closely resembles that of the Bank of Belgium, which he visited, along with other European bank buildings, at the urging of Minister Matsukata Masayoshi.[1]
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), 227.
- ↑ Finn, 233.
