GONDÔ Yôkichi

権藤要吉 (1895 – 1970)

Japanese architect, best known as the designer of the Asaka Palace – now Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum – | 1895 born in Fukuoka | 1916 graduates with honours from the architecture department of the “Nagoya Higher Technical School” | 1921 works as technical assistant at the “Imperial Household Agency” | 1925 was sent to Europe and the United States to study aristocratic residences and museums, visiting countries including the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Italy and the United States | 1949 establishes his own architectural practice | 1970 died