Tetsuro Yoshida
May 18, 1894 - September 8, 1956 was a Japanese architect. He graduated from Tokyo University and entered the Ministry of Communications in 1919. He designed many Japanese post offices, telegraph offices, and related buildings in Japan.
Tetsuro Yoshida
朝日新聞社 · 『 アサヒグラフ 』 1949年8月31日号 · Public domain
- Name
- Tetsurō Yoshida
- Born
- 18 May 1894
- Birthplace
- Toyama, Japan
- Died
- 8 September 1956
- Place of death
- Suginami-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Nationality
- Japan · Empire of Japan
- Occupation
- architect
- Education
- University of Tokyo · Tokyo University
- Languages
- Japanese
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He introduced Eastern architecture to the west, while incorporating Western architecture in his own designs, including architecture from Scandinavia, Germany, and the United States.
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• Name — Tetsurō Yoshida • Born — 18 May 1894 • Birthplace — Toyama, Japan • Died — 8 September 1956 • Place of death — Suginami-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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• Old Kyoto Central Telephone Office, 1926 • Tokyo Central Post Office, 1931 • Osaka Central Post Office, 1939
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- 1.Steele, James. Contemporary Japanese Architecture: Tracing the Next Generation. Routledge. 2017. 9781317377283.
- 2.Kim, Hyon-Sob. Tetsuro Yoshida (1894-1956) and architectural interchange between East and West. Arq: Architectural Research Quarterly. 12. 1. 43–57. 2008. 10.1017/S1359135508000924.
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