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*''Built: [[1883]], [[Josiah Conder]]''
*''Built: [[1883]], [[Josiah Conder]]''
*''Demolished: 1941''
*''Japanese'': 鹿鳴館 ''(Rokumeikan)''
*''Japanese'': 鹿鳴館 ''(Rokumeikan)''
Lessons in ballroom dance and Western etiquette, held fairly regularly for a few years, ended in [[1887]], and in [[1890]], the government decided to sell the property; it then became the private "Peers' Club" (''Kizoku kaikan'') of the Peers Association.
Lessons in ballroom dance and Western etiquette, held fairly regularly for a few years, ended in [[1887]], and in [[1890]], the government decided to sell the property; it then became the private "Peers' Club" (''Kizoku kaikan'') of the Peers Association.
The hall is the setting or subject of numerous literary works, including works by Pierre Loti, [[Akutagawa Ryunosuke|Akutagawa Ryûnosuke]], and [[Mishima Yukio]], whose 1956 play ''Rokumeikan'' takes place at a ball held there in November 1886.
Following an earthquake, Conder oversaw repairs on one occasion in [[1897]], installing electric lights, expanding the central pavilion by an additional story, and updating the furnishings of the guest rooms. In the years after that, the Rokumeikan continued to see numerous prominent visitors, such as [[Percival Lowell]], and events such as a dinner thrown in March [[1906]] by Prime Minister [[Saionji Kinmochi]] and the head of the Bank of Japan for [[Jacob Schiff]], who played a crucial role in financing Japan's victory in the [[Russo-Japanese War]]. The building finally met its end in 1941, seemingly simply because of its age, and the desire to build other buildings in that space.
The hall is the setting or subject of numerous literary works, including works by Pierre Loti, [[Akutagawa Ryunosuke|Akutagawa Ryûnosuke's]] ''Butô'' ("The Ball"), and [[Mishima Yukio|Mishima Yukio's]] 1956 play ''Rokumeikan'', the latter two of which take place at a ball held there in November 1886.
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