YAKUSHIJI Kazue

薬師寺 主計 (1884 – 1965)

1884 born in Okayama Prefecture | 1909 graduates from the department of engineering and architecture of “Tôkyô Imperial University (today “University of Tôkyô”); joins the architectural office of KAWAI Kôzô; works as an army engineer for the Ministry of War | 1919 becomes director of the architectural institute | 1921 goes on a tour of Europe and the USA | 1922 was appointed a member of the board of the “Architectural Institute of Japan” | 1926 ÔHARA Magosaburô (an influential Japanese businessman and philanthropist) invites him to participate in the management of “Kurashiki Silk Weaving Co.”; constructs many buildings and facilities related to the ÔHARA family: Ôhara Museum of Art, Kurabo Central Hospital and the Daiichi Godo Bank | 1965 died in Atami