WRIGHT-RELATED BUILDINGS IN JAPAN


There are a dwindling number of Wright-related buildings in Japan, and we're making every effort to document them.
Here is a sampling of the collection.

   

Building/Year:Former Kondo House, 1925
Architect:Arata Endo
Location: Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture
Photographer:Jennifer Chau
http://www.city.fujisawa.kanagawa.jp/bunka/page100009.shtml
   (Japanese only)

   

Building/Year:Tsuchiura House, 1935
Architects:Kameki and Nobu Tsuchiura
Location:Shinagawa, Tokyo
Photographer:Wasaku Kuno, AIAJ

   

Building/Year:St. Anselm’s Catholic Church, 1955
Architects:Antonin and Noémi Raymond
Location:Meguro, Tokyo
Photographer:Wasaku Kuno, AIAJ
http://www.catholicmeguro.org/
   (Japanese only)

   

Building/Year:Jiyu Gakuen Myonichikan, 1921
Architects:Frank Lloyd Wright and Arata Endo
Location:Mejiro, Tokyo
Photographer:Wasaku Kuno, AIAJ
http://www.jiyu.jp/index-e.html

   

Building/Year:Former Koshien Hotel, 1930
Architect:Arata Endo
Location:Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture
   (now Mukogawa Women’s University
   Kami-Koshien Campus)
Photographer:John E. Severns, AIA
http://www.mukogawa-u.ac.jp/~arch/education/concept/contents/educationHist01_EN.html

   

Building/Year:Imperial Hotel Entrance Hall and Lobby, 1912 – 1922 (Reconstructed at Museum Meiji Mura)
Architect:Frank Lloyd Wright
Location:Inuyama, Hyogo Prefecture
Photographer:Karen Severns
http://www.meijimura.com/english/list.html
   (scroll to very bottom)

   

Building/Year:Takanawa United Church of Christ, 1932
Architect: Takehiko Okami
Location:Minato, Tokyo
Photographer:Koichi Mori
http://www.geocities.jp/takanawachurch/english.html

   

Building/Year:Imperial Hotel 1:25 scale model
Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
Location:Tobu World Square near Nikko
Photographer:Koichi Mori
http://www.tobuws.co.jp/en/about/index.html

   

Building/Year:MM Mid Square, 2007
Architect: Eric Lloyd Wright
Location:Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
Photographer:Koichi Mori

   

Building/Year:Yoshimura Sanso, 1962
Architect: Junzo Yoshimura
Location:Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture
Photographer:Wasaku Kuno, AIAJ

   

Building/Year:Melody House, 1983
Architect: Junzo Yoshimura
Location:Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture
Photographer:Jennifer Chau

   

Building/Year:New Karuizawa Studio, 1962
Architects: Antonin and Noémi Raymond
Location:Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture
Photographer:Jennifer Chau

   

Building/Year:St. Paul’s Catholic Church, 1935
Architects: Antonin and Noémi Raymond
Location:Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture
Photographer:Jennifer Chau

   

Building/Year:Summer House, 1933
Architect: Antonin Raymond
Location:Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture
Photographer:Jennifer Chau
http://www.karuizawataliesin.com/peynet/peynet2004.html
   (Japanese only)

   

Building/Year:Former Yamamura House, 1918
Architects: Frank Lloyd Wright and Arata Endo
Location:Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture
Photographer:Koichi Mori
http://www.yodoko.co.jp/geihinkan/index_e.html

   

Building/Year:St. Michael's Church, 1960
Architects: Antonin and Noémi Raymond
Location:Sapporo, Hokkaido
Photographer:Koichi Mori
http://www.nskk.org/hokkaido/michaels/main.htm

   

Building/Year:Sakaushi House, 1927
Architect: Yoshiya Tanoue
Location:Otaru , Hokkaido
Photographer:Koichi Mori

   

Building/Year:Former Oguma House, 1927
Architect: Yoshiya Tanoue
Location:Sapporo, Hokkaido
Photographer:Koichi Mori

   

Building/Year:Ranzan Country Club, 1964
Architect: Taro Amano
Location:Saitama Prefecture
Photographer:Koichi Mori

   

Building/Year:Former Fusaichiro Inoue House, 1952
Architect: Antonin Raymond
Location:Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture
Photographer:Koichi Mori

   

Building/Year:Former Italian Embassy Nikko Villa, 1929
Architect: Antonin Raymond
Location:Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture
Photographer:Koichi Mori

   

Building/Year:Adachi House, 1965-66
Architect: Antonin Raymond
Location:Nagano Prefecture
Photographer:Koichi Mori

   

Building/Year:Irifune House, 2006
Architect: Ryosuke Isoya
Location:Sumida, Tokyo
Photographer:Koichi Mori