Josiah Conder | |
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| Born | 28 September 1852 London, England |
| Died | 21 June 1920 (aged 67) Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of London |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards | Order of the Sacred Treasures |
| Buildings | Rokumeikan |
Josiah Conder (28 September 1852 – 21 June 1920) was a British architect who was hired by the Meiji Japanese government as a professor of architecture for the Imperial College of Engineering and became architect of Japan's Public Works.[1] He started his own practice after 1888.
Conder designed numerous public buildings in Tokyo, including the Rokumeikan, which became a controversial symbol of Westernisation in the Meiji period.[2] He educated young Japanese architects, notably Tatsuno Kingo and Katayama Tōkuma, earning him the nickname "father of Japanese modern architecture."[3]
- ^ Checkland, Olive (29 August 2003). Japan and Britain After 1859: Creating Cultural Bridges. Routledge. ISBN 9781135786199 – via Google Books.
- ^ Clancey, Greg (1 May 2006). Earthquake Nation: The Cultural Politics of Japanese Seismicity, 1868-1930. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520932296 – via Google Books.
- ^ Watanabe, Toshio (2006). "Japanese Imperial Architecture". In Ellen P, Conant (ed.). Challenging Past And Present: The Metamorphosis of Nineteenth-Century Japanese Art. University of Hawaii Press.