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Kenjiro Maeda

まえだ けんじろう

Maeda Kenjiro

Aliases: コンペの前健さん

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1892-04-19 (Fukushima Prefecture)
Died
1975-03-14 age 82
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Architect
Active Years
1916-1975
Affiliations
Ministry of Communications Maintenance Division, Daiichi Bank, Nissan Civil Engineering Co., Ltd., Kenjiro Maeda Architectural Office

Education

Tokyo School of Fine Arts
Design Department, Division 2 / Architecture Department
Year of Graduation: 1916
Country: Japan
Won second prize in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry Export Crafts Design Exhibition while enrolled

Awards

Order of the Purple Ribbon
1962
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 受賞
Japan Art Academy Prize
1965
Organization: Japan Art Academy
Result: 受賞
Third Class Order of the Sacred Treasure
1966
Category: 勲三等
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 受章
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon
1972
Category: 勲三等
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 受章

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Osaka City Museum

1921 Architecture

Ōkuma Auditorium

1923 Architecture

Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art

1930 Architecture

Legacy

Made ambitious architectural designs from prewar to postwar periods, influencing Japanese architecture.