This study clarifies the career and architectural activities of Eiji Watanabe, the designer of the former Maeda family’s Kamakura villa. Watanabe served as a design engineer of the Meiji Jingu Shrine Zoning Bureau, the Denentoshi Co., Ltd. After that, he served Maeda family’s office as the housing architect for many years. Also, it makes clear that Watanabe mainly designed the noble residences, such as the former Maeda Toshitatsu residence, the former Maeda family’s Kamakura Villa, and the former Naito Masamichi residence, in prewar.
