Kikutarō Shimoda | |
|---|---|
 Shimoda Kikutarō | |
| Born | June 14, 1866 |
| Died | December 26, 1931 (aged 65) |
| Nationality | American (Naturalised) |
| Other names | George Shimoda |
| Alma mater | Imperial College of Engineering (incomplete) |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Practice | A. Page Brown D. H. Burnham & Company Offices of G.K. Shimoda (Chicago) Shimoda Chikusō Gōshi Kaisha |
| Buildings | Hong Kong Shanghai Bank Nagasaki, Japan Tor Hotel, Kobe Shanghai Club Building (Interior) |
| Design | Imperial Crown Amalgamate Style |
Shimoda Kikutarō (Japanese: 下田 菊太郎, 2 May 1866 – 26 December 1931[1]) was an architect who created the prototype of the Imperial Crown Style for the Japanese Empire.[2] He was a native of Akita, in northern Honshu, and moved to Tokyo in 1881, when he was fifteen. At Keio University, he enrolled in an architecture course under Josiah Conder.[3]
- ^ "Shimoda Kikutarō". 20世紀日本人名事典 (in Japanese). Nichigai Associates. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ Francis Chia-Hui Lin (9 January 2015). Heteroglossic Asia: The Transformation of Urban Taiwan. Taylor & Francis. pp. 85–. ISBN 978-1-317-62637-4.
- ^ Olive Checkland (29 August 2003). Japan and Britain After 1859: Creating Cultural Bridges. Routledge. pp. 83–. ISBN 978-1-135-78619-9.