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Itō Chūta (伊東 忠太, 26 October 1867 – 7 April 1954) was a Japanese architect, architectural historian, and critic. He is recognized as the leading architect and architectural theorist of early 20th-century Imperial Japan.
November 21, 1867 - April 7, 1954. Birthplace (modern name) Yamagata. Occupation, Status. Scholar (Natural Science) Description. Architect and architectural historian. The second son of ITO Yujun, feudal retainer of the Yonezawa domain. Graduated from the College of Technology of the Imperial University of Tokyo in 1892.
“World Observation: Itō Chūta and the Making of Architectural Knowledge in Modern Japan” historicizes the relationship between architecture (kenchiku) and observation (kansatsu) as both ideas were simultaneously imported, taught and critiqued in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century Japan.
- Matthew Mullane
- Papapetros, SpyrosMarcon, Federico
- 2019
- Mullane, Matthew
Feb 3, 2020 · At the turn of the twentieth century, two architects—Itō Chūta in Japan and Rajendralal Mitra in Bengal—sought to counter Eurocentric accounts of aesthetic modernity by insisting on the inclusion of Japanese and Indian building traditions in the world history of architecture.
- Sebastian Conrad
- 2020
Most telling of the luidity of Itō’s interest and knowledge was the quick succession of his graduation project, a Gothic cathedral, in 1892, and his irst built project, a Shinto shrine, in 1895. The designs each conirmed his talent for historical precision and stylistic accuracy.
Aug 6, 2021 · Visitors today can also sample secular delights at a fashionable café and browse titles at a well-stocked bookstore. The ornate main hall was designed by celebrated architect Itō Chūta.
Apr 29, 2015 · In this article I consider how the early twentieth-century artistic and architectural production of Itō Chūta and Ōtani Kōzui deployed Indian and Southeast Asian Buddhist motifs as part of the effort to create a universalized Japanese Buddhism.
