A study on the semi-Western techniques in modern architecture of Japanese style in the Imperial Household

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The purpose of this study is to clarify the features of the semi-Western techniques in the Imperial Palace(1888), the Takanawa Palace(1892), the Imperial Villas at Azabu(1893), Numazu(1893), Hayama(1894), Miyanoshita(1895), Nikko(1896), Nikko-Tamozawa(1899), Kamakur(1899), Shizuoka(1900), Odawara(1901), the Hayama Attached Imperial Villa(1906), and the Muko Detached Palace(1914), on the basis of their materials.The Imperial Palace was built in traditional Japanese style after the model of the Kyoto Imperial Palace. It was consist of the Formal Palace and the Inner Palace. The former was introduced the Western techniques conspicuously into the foundation work, roof truss and some interior decorations, as against the latter was introduced them a little into the interior decorations. The Takanawa Palace and other Imperial Villas were built in traditional Japanese style after the model of the Inner Palace in the Imperial Palace. They wereabout the same style and introduced a few Western techniques into the interiordecorations. But Muko Detached Palace was used new materials and techniques. It was influenced by the advancement of technique in general architecture in the early 1900s and shows the signs of modernization in architecture of the Imperial Household.