Tetsuro Yoshida
Japanese architect
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Tetsuro Yoshida (吉田 鉄郎, Yoshida Tetsurō; May 18, 1894 - September 8, 1956) was a Japanese architect. He graduated from Tokyo University and entered the Ministry of Communications in 1919. He designed many Japanese post offices, telegraph offices, and related buildings in Japan.[1] He introduced Eastern architecture to the west, while incorporating Western architecture in his own designs, including architecture from Scandinavia, Germany, and the United States.[2]
Born18 May 1894
Died8 September 1956 (aged 62)
Suginami-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Tetsurō Yoshida | |
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Yoshida in 1949 | |
| Born | 18 May 1894 |
| Died | 8 September 1956 (aged 62) Suginami-ku, Tokyo, Japan |
Major works
- Old Kyoto Central Telephone Office, 1926
- Tokyo Central Post Office, 1931
- Osaka Central Post Office, 1939
