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Hibiya Park 日比谷公園
(Chiyoda-ku 千代田区)

福田重義

Shigeyoshi Fukuda

1887-1971
architect of the Hibiya Park Office (1910)

artist unknown
1972

Description

Plaque with relief portrait and text.

Inscription(s)

この建物は日比谷公園事務所
として明治43年(1910)
当時の東京市技師福田重義氏
(1884-1941)の設計により
バンガロー様式をとりいれて
造られたものである、当時と
してはきわめて斬新なもので
貴重な公園建造物である

This building was built in
1910 as the Hibiya Park Office,
and was designed by Tokyo
City engineer Shigeyoshi Fukuda
(1884-1941) in the bungalow
style. It was extremely
innovative for its time and is a
valuable park structure.

Signature

1972年11月,福田重義記念会寄贈
(November 1972, Donated by the Shigeyoshi Fukuda Memorial Association)

Annotation

The plaque is on the former Hibiya Park Office, constructed in 1910 in German bungalow-style.

Sculptor

Unknown artist. Do you know who the sculptor is? please let us know.

Locatie (N 35°40'31" - E 139°45'28") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: jp015; Photograph: 1 February 2008 / updated: 18 January 2025
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