
Art / Openings Outside Tokyo Dec 28, 2019
'Chronicling Architecture and Society: The 400-Year History of Takenaka Corporation'
by Yukari Tanaka
Jan. 11-March 1 The architect Toemon Takenaka (1877-1965) was an independent contractor, entrepreneur and politician during the late Meiji Era (1868-1912) to early Showa Era (1926-1989). In 1899, he officially founded Takenaka Corporation, one of Japan's major contractors. His family, however, had been building shrines ...