Background
Yoshiro Taniguchi was born on June 24, 1904 Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
吉郎 谷口
Yoshiro Taniguchi was born on June 24, 1904 Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
He was a graduate of Tokyo University Department of Architecture.
Yoshiro Taniguchi was an assistant professor of Tokyo Engineering College, then professor at same college and concurrently professor of Chiba University. He also was an instructor at engineering department of Keio University. He received his degree in 1943.
He won the Academic Prize of the Japan Architecture Society in the same year, and won the "Works Prize" from same group in 1940. On experts' committee of both the New Creative Association and Protection of Cultural Property Committee.
Yochisha Main Building
(Designedu by Yoshiro Taniguchi)
1937San Francisco Peace Pagoda
1968Chichibu Cement Factory
1956Hara Kei Memorial Museum
1958Chidorigafuchi War Memorial Rokkakudo
1959Hotel Okura
1962Yamatane Museum
1966Imperial Theatre
1966Tokyo National Museum
1968National Museum of Modern Art
1969Reimeikan, Kagoshima Prefectural Center for Historical Material
1983Quotes from others about the person
Udo Kultermann: "Yoshirō Taniguchi must be regarded as one of the most widely known, and, in the best sense, popular architects in Japan. Taniguchi is also well known for his writings and has made a name for himself as a designer of tombs, monuments and memorials which are all exquisite in themselves and suited to their surroundings."