Waters - Thomas James Waters

Japanese: ウォートルス - うぉーとるす(英語表記)Thomas James Waters
Waters - Thomas James Waters

British architect and engineer. He was an important figure as one of the first people to introduce Western-style architecture to Japan from the end of the Edo period to the early Meiji period, but the details of his career are not known. All that is known is that he arrived in Japan with his wife and his brother, John Albert R. Waters (1846-1902/1903), sometime before 1865 (Keio 1). However, his achievements during Japan's opening up to the world were great, and since his arrival in Japan, he worked on the construction of various Western-style factories for sugar, spinning, and paper, the Osaka Mint building complex, the Takebashi Camp, and the British Embassy. He also planned the Ginza Red Brick District, Japan's first brick-built shopping street, and built a Hoffman-type ring kiln for brick production in Kosuge Village (now Kosuge, Katsushika Ward, Tokyo).

[Teijiro Muramatsu and Keihiro Fujiwara, August 21, 2018]

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Japanese:

イギリスの建築家、技師。幕末から明治初期の日本に洋風建築を持ち込んだ最初の一人として重要な存在であるが、その経歴の詳細は明らかにされていない。1865年(慶応1)以前に妻と弟のアルバートJohn Albert R. Waters(1846―1902/1903)とともに来日したことなどが伝えられるのみである。しかし開国期の日本で果たした功績は大きく、来日以来、砂糖、紡績、洋紙などの各種洋式工場、大阪造幣寮の建築群をはじめ、竹橋陣営、イギリス公使館の建設に従事した。さらには日本最初のれんが造りによる商店街として銀座赤れんが街を計画、れんが製造のためホフマン式輪窯(わがま)を小菅(こすげ)村(現、東京都葛飾(かつしか)区小菅)に築いた。

[村松貞次郎・藤原恵洋 2018年8月21日]

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