Akasaka Palace

Japanese: 赤坂離宮 - あかさかりきゅう
Akasaka Palace
This Western-style building is located in Akasaka, Minato Ward, Tokyo. In 1872, Tokugawa Shigetsugu, the former lord of the Kii Domain, donated the upper residence and land owned by the domain to the Imperial Family, and in the same year, it was named Akasaka Imperial Villa. After the Imperial Palace burned down in 1873, it was used as a temporary Imperial Palace until 1889. The current building was planned for Emperor Taisho, when he was still Crown Prince. It was designed by Katayama Tokuma and completed in 1909. The architectural style adopted was the Neo-Baroque style, which was common in Western court architecture at the time. The architectural structure, which is made of brick and stone-clad structures reinforced with American-made steel frames in consideration of earthquakes, is noteworthy. The interior is richly decorated with the finest imported furniture and works by leading artists of the time, such as Imaizumi Yusaku, Asai Chu, and Kuroda Seiki. It is currently used as a guest house. It was renovated by Murano Togo in 1974.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information

Japanese:
東京都港区赤坂にある洋風建築。 1872年旧紀伊藩主徳川茂承が同藩の所有であった上屋敷建物,敷地を天皇家に献上したもので,同年赤坂離宮と命名された。 73年皇城の焼失により,89年まで仮皇居として使用された。現在の建物は皇太子時代の大正天皇のために計画されたもの。片山東熊が設計を担当し,1909年完成。建築様式は当時の欧米の宮廷建築の通例であった新バロック様式が採用された。地震を考慮して煉瓦造,石張りの構造体をアメリカ製の鉄骨で補強した建築構造が注目される。室内は最高級の輸入調度品と今泉雄作,浅井忠,黒田清輝など当時の一流芸術家の作品で豊かに装飾された。現在は迎賓館となっている。 74年に村野藤吾によって改修された。

出典 ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典について 情報

<<:  Akasaki [town] - Akasaki

>>:  Akasaka Marble

Recommend

Death Instinct - Todestriebe [Germany]

S. Freud's term. More precisely, the "dea...

The Jogan style

This is a legal code that amends or supplements t...

Henry Draper

American astronomer and founder of astrophotograp...

Heavy hitting - heavy hitting

〘Noun〙 A type of punishment in the Edo period. It ...

Laticauda semifasciata (English spelling)

...Most of them are ovoviviparous and give birth ...

Karoku Persecution

...The mountain name is Hokoku-san and the temple...

Appendix -

It is a thin, finger-like blind tube that protrud...

Zapadnyi Bug (English)

…the Zapadnyi Bug is a river in the western part ...

Cheongju

The capital of North Chungcheong Province, South K...

attitude

…It is also the name of a dance with slow music t...

Circuit equation

...(1) means that the potential corresponding to ...

karvan (English spelling)

…From the Persian kārvān, meaning caravan. In Ara...

Trieb

...The two great instincts that S. Freud spoke of...

National Space Development Agency of Japan

A special corporation established under the Natio...

Conquest of Koshu

This is the battle in 1582 (Tensho 10) in which Od...