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Yasuhiro Ishimoto Collection Exhibition - Early Japanese Modern Architecture
The Museum of Art, Kochi
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Yasuhiro Ishimoto
Yasuhiro Ishimoto's architectural photographs remind us of Katsura Rikyu and Ise Jingu, but he has also photographed many other architectural structures. One example is his work for Takenaka Corporation's PR magazine Approach. Since its first issue in 1964, Ishimoto has photographed Takenaka Corporation's domestic and international architecture and provided photographs for the magazine on numerous occasions. This exhibition introduces photographs of modern Japanese architecture taken from an article published in 1966.
The article, titled "Takenaka's History," introduces the architecture Takenaka Corporation worked on from the Meiji period (1868-1912) to the early Showa period (1926-1989), when the company established its foundation as a modern construction firm. The magazine includes works by architects active in the dawn of modern architecture in Japan, such as Chuta Ito and Shinichiro Okada, including the former Shinshu Shinto Life Insurance Company (now Nishi Honganji Dendo-in) and Meiji Seimei Kan, as well as rare images of buildings that do not exist today, such as the Osaka Building Tokyo Branch and Mitsui Bank Kobe Branch. Architectural historian Teijiro Muramatsu wrote the commentary, and over the next two years, this project traced the history of Japanese architecture along with the history of the Takenaka Corporation.
The building, which incorporates architectural techniques and styles of Western origin, has a different appearance from traditional Japanese architecture, with massive brick exterior walls and columns decorated in the Greek style.
The article, titled "Takenaka's History," introduces the architecture Takenaka Corporation worked on from the Meiji period (1868-1912) to the early Showa period (1926-1989), when the company established its foundation as a modern construction firm. The magazine includes works by architects active in the dawn of modern architecture in Japan, such as Chuta Ito and Shinichiro Okada, including the former Shinshu Shinto Life Insurance Company (now Nishi Honganji Dendo-in) and Meiji Seimei Kan, as well as rare images of buildings that do not exist today, such as the Osaka Building Tokyo Branch and Mitsui Bank Kobe Branch. Architectural historian Teijiro Muramatsu wrote the commentary, and over the next two years, this project traced the history of Japanese architecture along with the history of the Takenaka Corporation.
The building, which incorporates architectural techniques and styles of Western origin, has a different appearance from traditional Japanese architecture, with massive brick exterior walls and columns decorated in the Greek style.
Schedule | Feb 7 (Tue) 2023-Apr 4 (Tue) 2023 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥370; University Students ¥260; High School Students and Under, Persons Disability Certificates + 1 Companion free. | ||||
| Website | https://moak.jp/event/collection/post_487.html | ||||
| Venue | The Museum of Art, Kochi https://moak.jp/en/ | ||||
| Location | 353-2 Takasu, Kochi-shi, Kochi 781-8123 | ||||
| Access | 9 minute walk from Kenritsu Bijutsukan-dori Station on the Tosaden Gomen line, 10 minutes by taxi from the South exit of Kochi Station on the JR Dosan line. | ||||
| Phone | 088-866-8000 | ||||
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