2017 Volume 82 Issue 739 Pages 2393-2399
This paper verified the description of "Takayoshi KIDO diary" about the construction phase of the Educational Museum is as early museum building in Japan. And it revealed the relationship with Takayoshi Kido, verified for impact on construction due to the fact that he was involved. The point that became evident this is shown below.
1. It is known that the Educational museum exchanged the site with the Ueno museum just before construction. According to the Takayoshi Kido diary, prior to the exchange of this site Takayoshi Kido had confirmed the planning site and drawings.
2. According to the Takayoshi Kido diary it was confirmed that he was going 22 times to the construction site of the educational museum in August 1876 to January 1877. Not only Takayoshi Kido was in a position to lead the Japan at that time, it became clear that was deeply involved in the construction of the educational museum.
3. Key persons that has been promoting the business of the educational museum, Education Vice Minister Tanaka Fujimaro, the educational museum curator Hatakeyama Yoshinari, Ministry of Education audit Debit Murray, were not in japan during construction of the educational museum, because of they traveled to the US for the Philadelphia Expo. While responsible persons were absent, Ryuichi Kuki responded during construction. At the time Public buildings were in charge Ministry of Engineering, but after March 1876 buildings such as school had excepted from the project of them. Construction of the educational museum was ordered directly from the Ministry of Education like school. However the Ministry of Education at the time it was in a situation where there was no architectural engineers. Ryuichi Kuki asked Takayoshi Kido about the construction work. Actually Ministry of Engineering of technology bureaucracy Michiyoshi Hiraoka and Seiichi Asakura supported construction work underway.
4. For construction contents of the Educational Museum, It turned out that there was a point where Kido Takayoshi felt dissatisfied. It seems that he was dissatisfied with the design, because he seems to be unable to understand the structural one of architecture. This is because the educational museum was constructed without technicians with knowledge of Western architecture, and that Kido Takayoshi knew the European and American museum architecture through the Iwakura mission group.
5. According to the Kido Takayoshi diary design of a "window" and "floor" design was adjusted with Michiyoshi Hiraoka. resulting that window was become the similar shape as the Shinbashi station.
6. Regarding the external plan, Takayoshi Kido asked Magohachi Suzuki to design. Therefore, even though it is a Western building, outside design became a planting plan of Japanese style.
For the early Meiji era of the Ministry of Education Buildings Department business was at that time still organizationally immature. The presence of Takayoshi Kido, and the support of the Ministry of Engineering by the connection between Takayoshi Kido and the former Choshu-han clan of Hiraoka Michiyoshi revealed the situation where a building with a new function called a museum was built.
