11 Facts About Tatsuno Kingo

Tatsuno Kingo was a Japanese architect born in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, Kyushu.

Tatsuno Kingo was a Doctor of Engineering; conferred as Jusanmi and Kunsanto ; and served as dean of Architecture Department at Tokyo Imperial University.

Tatsuno Kingo studied architecture at the Imperial College of Engineering where he was a student of the influential British architect Josiah Conder, who was often called "father of Japanese modern architecture".

Burges died in 1881 during Tatsuno Kingo's stay, but before returning to Japan Tatsuno Kingo took the opportunity to travel extensively in France and Italy.

On his return to Tokyo, Tatsuno Kingo taught first at the Imperial College of Engineering before becoming department head at University of Tokyo.

Tatsuno Kingo was nicknamed Tatsuno Kengo because his designs and layouts were considered solid and strong.

Tatsuno Kingo immediately set off to Europe for a year to do research for the project, studying amongst other buildings, the Banque Nationale in Brussels by Beyaert and Janssens.

Almost two thirds of the 140 buildings that Tatsuno Kingo was associated with in his career were to be bank buildings.

Tatsuno Kingo had a strong influence on Japanese colonial architecture, especially in Manchukuo.

In 1903 Tatsuno Kingo set up his own architectural office, the first Japanese architect in the country to do so.

Tatsuno Kingo died as a result of the 1918 flu pandemic in 1919.