Tetsuro Yoshida(Cát điền thiết lang,Yoshida Tetsurō,May 18, 1894 - September 8, 1956)was a Japanesearchitect.He graduated fromTokyo Universityand entered the Ministry of Communications in 1919. He designed many Japanesepost offices,telegraphoffices, and related buildings in Japan.[1]He introduced Eastern architecture to the west, while incorporating Western architecture in his own designs, including architecture from Scandinavia, Germany, and the United States.[2]

Tetsurō Yoshida
Yoshida in 1949
Born18 May 1894
Died8 September 1956
Suginami-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Major works

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  • Old Kyoto Central Telephone Office, 1926
  • Tokyo Central Post Office, 1931
  • Osaka Central Post Office, 1939

References

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  1. ^Steele, James (2017).Contemporary Japanese Architecture: Tracing the Next Generation.Routledge.ISBN9781317377283.
  2. ^Kim, Hyon-Sob (2008). "Tetsuro Yoshida (1894-1956) and architectural interchange between East and West".Arq: Architectural Research Quarterly.12(1): 43–57.doi:10.1017/S1359135508000924.