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80122-0012 - Kyoto Municipal Building, 1934

Kyoto 1934
City Hall

Artist	Unknown
Publisher	New York State Education Department
Medium	Glass Slide
Period	Showa
Location	Kyoto
Image No.	80122-0012
Purchase	Digital File
Author	Kjeld Duits

Kyoto City Hall shortly after it was completed.

Kyoto’s municipal building was designed by Goichi Takeda (1872-1938, 武田五一), in collaboration with Shinichi Nakano (中野進一). Constructed in two stages, the first stage was finished in 1927 (Showa 2) and the second one in 1931 (Showa 6). This photo, taken in May 1934 (Showa 9), therefore shows the building when it was still quite new.

Goichi Takeda, who founded the department of architecture at Kyoto University, played an important role in the establishment of modern Japanese architecture in the Kansai area.

80717-0344 - Kyoto City Hall, 2008 — Kyoto City Hall in 2008 (Heisei 20), photographed from approximately the same location.

This glass slide is one of a series of slides of Japan that was used by the New York State Education Department to teach students about Japan.

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¹ Department of architecture at Kyoto University.

Published November 12, 2008
Updated December 8, 2021 12:36 AM

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Reference for Citations

Duits, Kjeld (December 8, 2021). Kyoto 1934: City Hall, OLD PHOTOS of JAPAN. Retrieved on September 28, 2026 (GMT) from https://www.oldphotosjapan.com/photos/453/city-hall

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