Tetsurō Yoshida
Yoshida in 1949
Born18 May 1894
Toyama, Japan
Died8 September 1956
Suginami-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Tetsuro Yoshida (吉田 鉄郎, Yoshida Tetsurō, 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.[1] He introduced Eastern architecture to the west, while incorporating Western architecture in his own designs, including architecture from Scandinavia, Germany, and the United States.[2]

Major works

  • Old Kyoto Central Telephone Office, 1926
  • Tokyo Central Post Office, 1931
  • Osaka Central Post Office, 1939

References

  1. ↑ Steele, James (2017). Contemporary Japanese Architecture: Tracing the Next Generation. Routledge. ISBN 9781317377283.
  2. ↑ Kim, Hyon-Sob (2008). "Tetsuro Yoshida (1894-1956) and architectural interchange between East and West". Arq: Architectural Research Quarterly. 12 (1): 43–57. doi:10.1017/S1359135508000924.


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