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Jiyu Gakuen Girls' School. Coordinates: 35°43′35″N 139°42′25″E. Jiyu Gakuen School Myonichikan (自由学園明日館), is the original building complex of Jiyu Gakuen, designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Jiyu means 'freedom', and gakuen is 'school'.
Jul 30, 2019 · This unexpected architectural gem hides in plain sight in a quiet Tokyo neighborhood. Jiyu Gakuen Myonichikan is an unmistakable Frank Lloyd Wright creation. The complex is among the few Wright...
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May 21, 2024 · Address. 2-31-3 Nishiikebukuro. Status. Important Cultural Property of Japan. Open to the public and available for rent as an event facility. Website. jiyu.jp. Impressed by the couple’s educational philosophy, Wright agreed to undertake the design of Jiyu Gakuen Girls’ School in collaboration with Endo.
Myonichikan, Jiyu Gakuen School. This design for an all-girls school in Ikebukuro, a district of Tokyo—a collaboration between Wright and his chief assistant on the Imperial Hotel, Arata Endo—is a large U-shaped plan with three long buildings built around an open courtyard.
Nov 27, 2019 · Jiyu Gakuen Myonichikan was originally a Christian girls’ school jointly built by American master architect Frank Lloyd Wright and his Japanese apprentice Arata Endo in the 10th year of the Taisho era (1921). It has now been designated as an important cultural property.
Before the war, Jiyu Gakuen admitted some students from China and in 1938 Jiyu Gakuen Living School was started in Beijing for young Chinese girls. After the war, many visitors such as those from the United States Education Mission to Japan, university professors and British poets have come to Jiyu Gakuen.
Jiyu Gakuen School (Myonichikan) Tokyo, 1921. The founders of this girls' school, Motoko and Yoshikazu Hani, were friends of Arata Endo's. To prepare girls to be more productive and self-reliant, they stressed a Christian-oriented creed.
