Yoshida Isoya

Yoshida Isoya

▪ Japanese architect
born Dec. 19, 1894, Tokyo
died March 24, 1974, Tokyo

      Japanese architect who was a pioneer in the modern sukiya style of building, in which an affinity for natural materials and traditional construction techniques finds expression in contemporary structures.

      Yoshida attended Tokyo Art School (now Tokyo University of Fine Arts), receiving a diploma in architecture in 1923. He concentrated on private homes and exclusive restaurants prior to World War II but afterward turned to public and, finally, to religious architecture, seeking new applications for his innovative traditionalism. Though the sukiya style—which has been used for tea-houses, private residences, and restaurants—is ordinarily based on handcrafting in wood, Yoshida claimed that one could use modern materials as long as they were used in the “spirit of the style.” He also designed museums and other public structures, that gained him note for his grandeur of design.

      Yoshida received the Japan Arts Academy Award (1952) and the Japan Cultural Medal (1964). Among his many works are the Inomata and Gokiya residences (Tokyo, 1967 and 1971), the Tsuriya restaurant (Kyōto, 1964), the Gotō Art Museum in Tokyo (1960), and the Yamato Cultural Museum at Nara (1960). He taught at his old art school from 1941 to 1961, and in 1964 he became only the second architect in Japanese history to receive the Order of Cultural Merit.

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