Jiyu Gakuen School Myonichikan is a building in Toshima, Tokyo, designed by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright for the Jiyu Gakuen school and completed in 1921. Wright, introduced to the school's founders Yoshikazu and Motoko Hani through his collaborator Arata Endo, took the commission after being impressed by the couple's self reliant, Christian oriented educational philosophy. The Prairie School design centers on a double height, window lit hall overlooking a courtyard flanked by symmetrical wings, faced with gray green Oya stone from Tochigi Prefecture. Restored between 1999 and 2001 and reopened to the public that November, it is one of only two Wright buildings in Japan that fully retain their original appearance, and Japan designated it a National Important Cultural Asset in 1997. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Jiyu Gakuen School Myonichikan (自由学園明日館) is a building in Toshima, Tokyo, designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright for the Jiyu Gakuen School.
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Arata Endo, working as an assistant for Wright's project constructing the Imperial Hotel, introduced Wright to his acquaintances, husband and wife Yoshikazu and Motoko Hani, who founded Jiyu Gakuen. Impressed by the couple's self-reliant, Christian-oriented educational philosophy, Wright accepted to undertake the design of their new school.
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Jiyu Gakuen School Myonichikan (自由学園明日館) is a building in Toshima, Tokyo, designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright for the Jiyu Gakuen School.
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Built of economical 2 × 4 wood and plaster, Jiyu Gakuen featured a central section with double-height volume and soaring windows facing south onto an open courtyard, with symmetrical wings on the east and west.
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The buildings have such characteristics as extending horizontal lines to blend with the landscape, the Prairie School design, which can be seen in Wright's first golden age.
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Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Nishi-Ikebukuro, Japan
Wikidata item Q55533542, property P131/P17 (location): Nishi-Ikebukuro, Japan
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