Tsumaki Yorinaka (妻木 頼黄, February 22, 1859—October 10, 1916) was a Japanese architect and Head of the Japanese Ministry of Finance building section in the later Meiji period.

Tsumaki Yorinaka
Tsumaki Yorinaka
Born(1859-02-22)22 February 1859
Tokyo, Japan
Died10 October 1916(1916-10-10) (aged 57)
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Alma materImperial College of Engineering, Cornell University
OccupationArchitect
DesignNihonbashi Bridge (1911)

Credited with the design of many significant Meiji era structures in Japan, notably the Nihonbashi Bridge.

Early life and career

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Together with Katayama Tokuma, Tatsuno Kingo, Sone Tatsuzō and Satachi Shichijiro, one of a group of renowned architectural students at the Imperial College of Engineering, Tokyo, and a protege of British architect Josiah Conder.

Tsumaki continued his studies in the United States where he graduated with a degree in Architecture from Cornell University in 1894. He then travelled to Berlin for further study in the same field, working at the same time in the architectural offices of Wilhelm Böckmann and Hermann Ende.[1]

Buildings and Structures

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References

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  1. ^ Checkland, Olive (2003). Japan and Britain After 1859: Creating Cultural Bridges. New York: RoutledgeCurzon. p. 82. ISBN 0-203-22183-4.
  2. ^ Botsman, Daniel (2007). Punishment and Power in the Making of Modern Japan. Princeton University Press. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-691-13030-9.
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