ÔKUMA Yoshikuni

大熊喜邦 (1877 – 1952)

Japanese architect who was a leading figure in public architecture. He worked on numerous central and local government buildings, succeeded TSUMAKI Yorinaka and supervised the construction of the Diet Building | 1877 born in Tôkyô | 1903 graduates from the department of architecture at the “Tôkyô Imperial University of Technology” (now “University of Tôkyô Faculty of Engineering”), joins YOKOGAWA Tamisuke‘s office | 1905 becomes lecturer at Tôkyô Imperial University of Technology | 1907 works for the building department of the Ministry of Finance, investigates the parliament buildings in various countries | 1925 director of the engineering department of the Ministry of Finance | 1931-32 president of the “Architectural Institute” | 1943 doctorate in economics for his research | 1952 died