Editing Frank Lloyd Wright (section)

===Designing in Japan (1917–1922)===
[[File:Imperial Hotel Wright House.jpg|thumb|Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, 1930s]]
[[File:Jiyugakuen Myonichikan (4717703136).jpg|thumb|Jiyu Gakuen Main Building,  [[Toshima, Tokyo|Toshima]], Tokyo]]
[[File:Yamamura house07n4272.jpg|thumb|Yodoko Guesthouse, [[Ashiya, Hyōgo|Ashiya]], Japan]]

While working in Japan, Wright left an impressive architectural heritage. The [[Imperial Hotel, Tokyo|Imperial Hotel]], completed in 1923, is the most important.<ref>Nute K. Frank Lloyd Wright and Japan: The Role of Traditional Japanese Art and Architecture in the Work of Frank Lloyd Wright. London, Routledge Publ., 2000.</ref> Thanks to its solid foundations and steel construction, the hotel survived the [[1923 Great Kantō earthquake|Great Kantō Earthquake]] almost unscathed.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=明石|first1=信道|title=フランク・ロイド・ライトの帝国ホテル|last2=村井|first2=修|date= 2004|publisher=建築資料研究社 |isbn=978-4-87460-814-2}}</ref> The hotel was damaged during the [[bombing of Tokyo]] and by the subsequent US military occupation of it after World War II.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=ケヴィン|first1=ニュート|title=フランク・ロイド・ライトと日本文化|last2=Nute|first2=Kevin|date= 1997|publisher=鹿島出版会 |isbn= 978-4-306-04354-1|translator-last=大木|translator-first=順子}}</ref> As land in the center of Tokyo increased in value the hotel was deemed obsolete and was demolished in 1968, but the lobby was saved and later re-constructed at the [[Meiji-mura|Meiji Mura architecture museum]] in Nagoya in 1976.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://franklloydwright.org/site/imperial-hotel-lobby-reconstruction/|title = Imperial Hotel Lobby (Reconstruction)}}</ref>

[[Jiyu Gakuen Girls' School|Jiyu Gakuen]] was founded as a girls' school in 1921. The construction of the main building began in&nbsp;1921&nbsp;under Wright's direction and, after his departure, was continued by Endo.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=谷川|first1=正己|title=フランク・ロイド・ライト 自由学園明日館|last2=宮本|first2=和義|date= 2016|publisher=バナナブックス |isbn=978-4-902930-33-7}}</ref> The school building, like the Imperial Hotel, is covered with [[Ōya stone]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imperialhotel.co.jp/en/tokyo/special/wright-building|title=The Wright Building|website=Imperial Hotel Tokyo|access-date=June 13, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://franklloydwright.org/site/jiyu-gakuen-myonichikan/|title=Jiyu Gakuen Myonichikan|website=Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation|access-date=June 13, 2024}}</ref>

The [[Yodokō Guest House|Yodoko Guesthouse]] (designed in 1918 and completed in 1924) was built as the summer villa for Tadzaemon Yamamura.

Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture had a strong influence on young Japanese architects. The Japanese architects Wright commissioned to carry out his designs were [[Arata Endo]], Takehiko Okami, Taue Sasaki and Kameshiro Tsuchiura. Endo supervised the completion of the Imperial Hotel after Wright's departure in 1922 and also supervised the construction of the Jiyu Gakuen Girls' School and the Yodokō Guest House. Tsuchiura went on to create so-called "light" buildings, which had similarities to Wright's later work.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Koyama|first1=Hisao|title=Frank Lloyd Wright and Japan: The Role of Traditional Japanese Art and Architecture in the Work of Frank Lloyd Wright|last2=Sergeant|first2=John|last3=Nute|first3=Kevin|date=2000|publisher=Psychology Press |isbn=978-0-415-23269-2}}</ref>