Imperial Crown Style

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Imperial Crown Style is a distinctive early 20th-century Japanese architectural style that blends traditional Japanese roof forms with modern Western building structures, often used for prominent public and governmental buildings.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese architectural style ⓘ
architectural style ⓘ
appliedIn Japan ⓘ
Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ
Manchukuo ⓘ
Taiwan under Japanese rule ⓘ
associatedWith Japanese nationalism ⓘ
imperial ideology of prewar Japan ⓘ
characteristic applies stone or brick cladding on façades ⓘ
combines traditional Japanese roof forms with modern Western structural systems ⓘ
emphasizes symmetry in building composition ⓘ
features large tiled hipped or gabled roofs resembling Japanese castles or temples ⓘ
often includes central tower or pavilion crowned with Japanese-style roof ⓘ
uses reinforced concrete or steel frame structures ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
declinePeriod post-World War II era ⓘ
developedIn Taishō period ⓘ
linked to: Taisho era

early Shōwa period ⓘ
late Meiji period ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance expression of fusion between Japanese tradition and Western modernity ⓘ
symbol of state authority in prewar Japan ⓘ
inception Taishō period ⓘ
linked to: Taisho era

early 20th century ⓘ
early Shōwa period ⓘ
influencedBy Beaux-Arts architecture ⓘ
linked to: Beaux-Arts

Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
traditional Japanese castle architecture ⓘ
traditional Japanese temple architecture ⓘ
otherName Imperial Crown Style architecture ⓘ
Teikan Yōshiki ⓘ
peakPopularity 1930s ⓘ
region Japanese Empire ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Japan
typicalElement deep eaves ⓘ
large-scale stone staircases ⓘ
monumental entrance portico ⓘ
multi-tiered Japanese-style roof ⓘ
ornamental ridge-end tiles ⓘ
typicalMaterial brick ⓘ
reinforced concrete ⓘ
steel ⓘ
stone cladding ⓘ
usedFor government buildings ⓘ
imperial institutions ⓘ
museums ⓘ
public buildings ⓘ
railway stations ⓘ
universities ⓘ

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Nagoya City Hall → architecturalStyle → Imperial Crown Style ⓘ
House of Councillors chamber → architecturalStyle → Imperial Crown Style (of the National Diet Building) ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Crown Style
Tokyo National Museum → honkanStyle → Imperial Crown Style ⓘ
Honkan → architecturalStyle → Imperial Crown Style ⓘ