KATAOKA Yasushi

片岡安 (1876 – 1946)

1876 born in Kanazawa | 1897 studies at the “Imperial University of Tôkyô” | 1903 works as a technician in the “Bank of Japan” | 1905 establishes his own architectural practice | 1919-27 director of “Japan Life Insurance” | 1919 establishes “Kataoka-Mitsui Architects” | 1922 founds “Kataoka Architects” | 1934-36 becomes honorary mayor of Kanazawa City | 1940 becomes president of the “Ôsaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry” | 1946 died