- 著者
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川崎 衿子
- 出版者
- 文教大学
- 雑誌
- 教育学部紀要 = Annual Report of The Faculty of Education (ISSN:03882144)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.38, pp.27-36, 2004-12-01
Isaku Nishimura(1884~1963)is well-known as founder of a high school and college named "Bunka Gakuin" in Tokyo and as an architect dvocating new idealism on houses in the early 1900's. He was born in Shingu,Wakayama and raised by an eager Christian family.\nHe introduced western houses in order to innovate the old Japanese style in housing.He insisted that the living room be the most important room in a house. In addition he tried to adapt the Western way of sitting on chairs, sleeping on beds and eating in the manner of westerners. He especially evaluated American bungalows that had a living room planned in the center of the house. He established Nishimura Architects Office in Kobe and Tokyo in 1921.\nAt the same time Akio Senoo(1891~1962)who was a translator of English novels and also known as a mystery story writer admired western houses and western life-style.Senoo received recognition for his psychological description of the protagonist. In his works we can find fantastic and illusional atmosphere which depended on using lots of words to describe the architecture, a part of a building or elements of interior design with technical knowledge. Senoo ordered Nishimura to design and construct his house in 1931. The Senoo Residence completed the next year in Kawasaki-shi was a typical bungalow. That was a great example showing Nishimura's accomplishment as seen in the history, of Japanese houses.\nThis study illustrates how the common attitude and spirit of embracing Western lifestyle by Nishimura and Senoo was approved through their works.