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    Kunio Maekawa (前川 國男, Maekawa Kunio, 14 May 1905 – 26 June 1986) was a Japanese architect and a key figure in Japanese postwar modernism. After early...
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  • philanthropist Kiyoshige Maekawa (前川 清成, born 1962), Japanese politician Kunio Maekawa (前川 國男, 1905–1986), Japanese architect Miyuki Maekawa (前川 みゆき, born 1956)...
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  • Kunio Maekawa (前川 國男, 1905–1986), Japanese architect Kunio Maruyama (丸山 邦雄, 1903–1981), Japanese businessman, adventurer, and college professor Kunio...
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  • building was constructed in 1975 and designed by modernist architect Kunio Maekawa, remaining one his most well-known works today. Currently, the museum...
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    World Heritage Site in 2004. House of Kunio Maekawa in Tokyo (1935) International House of Japan by Kunio Maekawa, Tokyo (1955) Yoyogi National Gymnasium...
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  • The Kunio-kun (くにおくん) series (typically localized as River City) is a video game series started by Technōs Japan. The series is now handled by Arc System...
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    located in Ueno Park, Taitō, Tokyo. Designed by Japanese architect Kunio Maekawa, it was built in 1961 and renovated in 1998–99. Its larger hall seats...
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    and his wife Frieda (de) (1874–1945). The new building by architect Kunio Maekawa, pupil of Le Corbusier, opened in 1977. Wikimedia Commons has media...
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  • full-time employees of the atelier and coworkers included Josep Lluís Sert, Kunio Maekawa, and Charlotte Perriand. During his period of working for Le Corbusier...
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    Tokyo Imperial University, graduating in 1927. Almost coinciding with Kunio Maekawa's return from Paris, in 1930 Sakakura journeyed to France to enter Le...
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    university, Tange started to work as an architect at the office of Kunio Maekawa. During his employment, he travelled to Manchuria, participating in...
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    In 1958 they formed a preparation committee led by Junzo Sakakura, Kunio Maekawa and Kenzo Tange. As Tange had just accepted an invitation to be a visiting...
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    Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art (category Kunio Maekawa buildings)
    Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art (熊本県立美術館, Kumamoto Kenritsu Bijutsukan) opened in the precincts of Kumamoto Castle, Kumamoto, Japan in 1976. It is one...
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    and an entrance with a ceremony table. House of Kunio Maekawa: modern architecture house of Kunio Maekawa is 1942 Jitei was built in [2] . While keeping...
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    spaces: a concert hall that seats 1,813 and a theatre that seats 1,183. Maekawa Kunio was the architect, with acoustical design by Nagata Acoustics. "Kumamoto...
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    was gained by Japanese architects working in Europe. Among these were Kunio Maekawa and Junzo Sakakura who worked at Le Corbusier's atelier in Paris and...
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    of Okayama Castle. Its 6,832 square meter interior was designed by Kunio Maekawa. The owner of the collection was Ichiro Hayashibara, and the museum...
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    governed by the Ministry of Education. The architect of the building was Kunio Maekawa. On two later occasions, neighbouring premises were purchased and the...
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    glass products, manuscripts, harps, and tweeds. Japan International Kunio Maekawa A set of three structures designed in contemporary and ancient Japanese...
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    guidelines and solicited architects to boycott the competition. On one side Kunio Maekawa and Chikatada Kurata, despite knowing that they would be defeated, submitted...
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    own architecture than for the collections they hold. Noted architect Kunio Maekawa designed both the Kumamoto Prefectural Art Museum in Kumamoto as well...
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    extension. Le Corbusier asked that his three Japanese apprentices: Kunio Maekawa, Junzo Sakakura and Takamasa Yoshizaka be responsible for developing...
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    Yamaoka, composer Takashi Amano, professional aquarist and track cyclist Kunio Maekawa, architect Yutakayama Ryota, sumo wrestler SANADA (Seiya Sanada), professional...
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    ROHM Theatre Kyoto (category Kunio Maekawa buildings)
    Hall: 716 North Hall: 200 Construction Opened 29 April 1960 (1960-04-29) Renovated 2012–2016 Architect Kunio Maekawa Website rohmtheatrekyoto.jp/en/...
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    influence on pioneers in the field of architecture including Kenzo Tange, Kunio Maekawa, Michizo Tachihara, Ryuichi Hamaguchi, Takashi Asada, and many more...
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    Yuichi, Yasui Sōtarō, and Yorozu Tetsugoro. The building was designed by Kunio Maekawa. Sendai City Museum List of Cultural Properties of Japan - paintings...
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  • were not officially permitted to do so. She went on to practice under Kunio Maekawa and later start her own firm in Aoyama. Miho Hamaguchi is credited with...
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  • Chinese optical physicist. William Lovelock, 87, English composer. Kunio Maekawa, 81, Japanese architect. Ed Molinski, 68, American football player....
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  • 1904–1979 Seiichi Shirai 白井晟一 1905–1983 Yoshihiko Hiramatsu 平松義彦 1905-1980 Kunio Maekawa 前川國男 1905–1986 Ichiro Ebihara 海老原一郎 1905–1990 Katsumi Yamamoto 山本勝巳...
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    designs were submitted from Japanese architects such as Kenzo Tange and Kunio Maekawa, but no overall winner was declared. Murano ended up doing the design...
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