Editing Tokyo (section)

==== Modern (1869–1945) ====
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| caption1          = [[Akasaka Palace|Akasaka State Guest House]], originally the Crown Prince's residence, built in 1909
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| caption3          = [[Tokyo Station]], built in 1914
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The [[Meiji era]] saw a rapid modernization in architectural styles as well; until the [[1923 Great Kantō earthquake|Great Kanto Earthquake]] in 1923 exposed their weakness to seismic shocks, grand brick buildings were constantly built across the city. [[Tokyo Station]] (1914), the [[Old Ministry of Justice Building|Ministry of Justice building]] (1895), the [[International Library of Children's Literature]] (1906), and [[Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo|Mistubishi building one]] (1894, rebuilt in 2010) are some of the few brick survivors from this period. It was regarded as fashionable by some members of the [[Kazoku|Japanese aristocracy]] to build their Tokyo residences in grand and modern styles, and some of these buildings still exist, although most are in private hands and open to the public on limited occasions. Aristocratic residences today open to the public include the [[Komaba Park|Marquess Maeda residence]] in [[Komaba]], the [[Kyū-Iwasaki-tei Garden|Baron Iwasaki residence]] in Ikenohata, and the [[Kyū-Furukawa Gardens|Baron Furukawa residence]] in Nishigahara.

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| caption1          = [[Meiji Seimei Kan|Meiji Insurance Headquarters]], completed in 1934
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| caption2          = [[National Diet Building]], built between 1920 and 1936
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The Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923 ushered in an era of concrete architecture.<ref>{{Cite web |title=岩淵水門が示した「コンクリートの威力」 |url=https://www.ara-amoa.com/arakawa100th/special-event/ |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=荒川知水資料館 amoa |language=ja-JP}}</ref> Surviving reinforced concrete buildings from this era include the [[Meiji Seimei Kan|Meiji Insurance Headquarters]] (completed in 1934), the Mitsui Headquarters (1929), [[Mitsukoshi|Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi flagship store]] (1914, refurbished in 1925), [[Takashimaya|Takashimaya Nihonbashi flagship store]] (1932), [[Wako (retailer)|Wako]] in Ginza (1932) and [[Isetan|Isetan Shinjuku flagship store]] (1933). This spread of earthquake and fire-resistant architecture reached council housing too, most notably the [[Dōjunkai|Dōjunkai apartments]].<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02665433.2016.1160326 | doi=10.1080/02665433.2016.1160326 | title=Tokyo's ''Dojunkai'' experiment: Courtyard apartment blocks 1926–1932 | date=2016 | last1=Tewari | first1=Shilpi | last2=Beynon | first2=David | journal=Planning Perspectives | volume=31 | issue=3 | pages=469–483 | bibcode=2016PlPer..31..469T | access-date=June 22, 2024 | archive-date=June 22, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622053154/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02665433.2016.1160326 | url-status=live }}</ref>

The 1930s saw the rise of styles that combined characteristics of both traditional Japanese and modern designs. [[Itō Chūta|Chuta Ito]] was a leading figure in this movement, and his extant works in Tokyo include [[Tsukiji Hongan-ji]] (1934). The [[Imperial Crown Style]], which often features Japanese-style roofs on top of elevated concrete structures, was adopted for the [[Tokyo National Museum]] in Ueno and the Kudan Hall in [[Kudanminami]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=大介 |first=三村 |date=2022-06-13 |title=Was the Imperial Crown Style Really Nationalistic? |url=https://jbpress.ismedia.jp/articles/-/71480 |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=JBpress autograph |language=ja |archive-date=June 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622053151/https://jbpress.ismedia.jp/articles/-/71480 |url-status=live }}</ref>