Keiji Goto

Japanese: 後藤慶二 - ごとう・けいじ

Year of death: February 3, 1919
Year of birth: October 29, 1883 (Meiji 16)
An architect of the Meiji and Taisho periods. Born in Tokyo. He graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1909 (Meiji 42) and joined the Ministry of Justice's Maintenance Division, where he was involved in the design and on-site supervision of the Toyotama Prison in Nakano, Tokyo. This job led him to also get involved in structural research, and he published an excellent paper on structural science. He was also a genius with Leonardo-like talent, possessing outstanding design abilities. Although he died young and produced few works, his style is reminiscent of the German Jugendstil movement, and he left behind several residential works, including the Tokyo District Court. He also contributed many articles to magazines, and played a pioneering role as an architectural theorist. He is also the author of "History of Japanese Theatre" (1925). <References> "Posthumous Manuscripts of Goto Keiji" (privately published)

(Mitsuo Okawa)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：大正8.2.3(1919)
生年：明治16.10.29(1883)
明治大正期の建築家。東京生まれ。明治42(1909)年に東京大学を卒業し,司法省営繕課へ入省,東京中野の豊多摩刑務所の設計および現場監督に従事する。この仕事を契機に,構造上の研究にも手を染め,構造学の優れた論文を発表。また,デザイン上でも卓越した能力を持つレオナルド的才人であった。夭折のため寡作であるが,ドイツのユーゲントスティールを髣髴させる作風で,東京区裁判所をはじめ,いくつかの住宅作品を残した。雑誌への寄稿も多く,建築論者としての先駆的役割を果たした。『日本劇場史』(1925)の著書もある。<参考文献>『後藤慶二氏遺稿』(私家版)

(大川三雄)

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