OKADA Shinichirô

岡田信一郎 (1883 – 1932)

Japanese architect who had familiarised himself thoroughly with Western architecture | 1883 born in Tôkyô | 1906 graduates from the department of architecture at the “Tôkyô Imperial University” (today “University of Tôkyô”) | 1907 takes teaching position at the “Tōkyō Bijutsu Gakkō” (today “Tōkyō Geijutsu Daigaku”) | 1912 professor at “Waseda University” | 1923 professor and head of the architecture department at the “Tôkyô School of Fine Arts” | 1928 serves on the committee of the “Exhibition of decorative Arts” in France | 1932 died