Yoshida Isoya

Architect. Born in Nihonbashi, Tokyo. Graduated from the Department of Architecture at Tokyo School of Fine Arts in 1923 (Taisho 12). Studied in Europe and the US from 1925 to 1926. Returned to Japan and began design work, establishing his own unique style of modernizing traditional sukiya architecture. He began teaching at his alma mater in 1941 (Showa 16), and became a professor at Tokyo University of the Arts in 1949. After retiring from government in 1986, he devoted himself to design. His main works include the renovation of the Tokyo Kabukiza Theatre (1951), the Japan Art Academy Hall (1958), the Goto Museum of Art (1960), Yamato Bunkakan (1960), and the Japan Cultural Institute in Rome (1962), as well as homes for artists and writers such as the Umehara Ryuzaburo House and the Yoshiya Nobuko House. Became a member of the Japan Art Academy in 1954. Received the Order of Culture in 1989. After his death, the Yoshida Isoya Award for architecture was established.

[Amada Yoshio]

"Yoshida Isoya Works Collection" (1980, Shinkenchiku-sha), edited by the Yoshida Isoya Works Collection Editorial Committee

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建築家。東京・日本橋に生まれる。1923年（大正12）東京美術学校建築学科卒業。25～26年欧米に留学。帰国後設計活動に入り、伝統的な数寄屋(すきや)建築を現代化した独自の作風を確立。41年（昭和16）から母校で教鞭(きょうべん)をとり、49年東京芸術大学教授。61年の退官後は設計に専念する。おもな作品に東京歌舞伎(かぶき)座の改修（1951）、日本芸術院会館（1958）、五島(ごとう)美術館（1960）、大和文華(やまとぶんか)館（1960）、ローマの日本文化会館（1962）のほか、梅原龍三郎(りゅうざぶろう)邸、吉屋信子(のぶこ)邸など芸術家や文学者の住宅がある。54年日本芸術院会員。64年文化勲章受章。没後、建築を対象とした「吉田五十八賞」が設けられた。

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『吉田五十八作品集編集委員会編『吉田五十八作品集』（1980・新建築社）』

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