Abstract
C. Itoh was one of the most famous "architects" in early modern ages of Japan. In this paper I picked out his view of architecture in his early architectural essays, and considered the start of his own "science" and "architecture" into "Japan". Contents, 1. Two contrary opinions on Nikko mausoleum by C. Itoh 2. His swift change from modernism to nationalism 3. C. Itoh as an active man of "Japanese beauty" of architecture 4. A fall of his view by his "Science"