The archives comprise architectural design drawings and documents (about 30,000 items), photographs, and sketches prepared at Daiichi-Kobo. They include materials during the period from the inauguration of Daiichi-Kobo to just before the dissolution of the office. In addition to materials for the competition of Osaka University of Arts, his representative work, and construction drawings, there are also design drawings/documents and sketches for the series of architectural works from the 1960s (such as Saga Prefectural Museum) to the works in his later years, as well photographs, pamphlets, and company records.

TAKAHASHI Teiichi

TAKAHASHI Teiichi graduated from the Department of Architecture, the second Faculty of Engineering of the University of Tokyo in 1949. After graduation, he worked at the Design Division, Building and Repairs Department, Ministry of Communications until 1956. He became an assistant professor at the Department of Architecture, Musashi Institute of Technology in 1956. He established Daiichi-Kobo Associates in 1960. He became a professor at Osaka University of Arts in 1967. After retirement, he became a professor emeritus at the Osaka University of Arts.

Major Works

• 1962　Takagaki House
• 1962　Saga Prefectural Library
• 1964　1st Prize, Naniwa University of Arts,Design Competition
• 1970　Saga Prefectural Museum
• 1972　Tokyo Metropolitan Central Library
• 1981　Osaka University of Arts, Hideyo Tsukamoto Memorial Hall and Art Center
• 1983　Magazine House, Ltd. Head Office
• 1985　Magazine House, Ltd. Head Office
• 1987　Urasoe Civic Gymnasium
• 1991　Library, Tokyo Metropolitan University
• 1995　Zenrosai Computer Center
• 1997　Kumamoto Dome
• 2000　Seismic Free System 21
• 2001　Gunma Museum of Art, Tatebayash

Past Exhibitions in NAMA

• Designing Home : Masterpiece Houses from NAMA’s Collection 1940-1975, 2021
  Contents Takagaki House.

These are materials on SAKAKURA Junzo and Sakakura Junzo Architects and Engineers, including architectural design drawings and documents, photographs, sketches, and personal records on SAKAKURA. The archives hold more than 30,000 drawings, including many photographic materials, sketches, various materials on publishing and exhibition projects, and company records. Materials for Tokyo and Osaka offices up to around 1970 are covered exhaustively.

SAKAKURA Junzo

SAKAKURA Junzo entered the First Higher School in 1920. He graduated from the Art History Department, Faculty of Letters of Tokyo Imperial University, majoring in art history. He went to France in 1929 and studied at École Spéciale des Travaux Publics (school of civil engineering). He studied under Le Corbusier from 1931 to 1936. He came back to Japan in 1936 but revisited France for the construction of the Japan Pavilion at the Expo held in Paris. In 1940, he opened his own architectural office. The name was changed to Sakakura Junzo Architects and Engineers in 1946. He became an overseas emeritus member of the American Institute of Architects in 1966.

Major Works

• 1937　Paris International Exposition Japan Pavilion
• 1941　Iihashi House
• 1951　Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura (Current Tsurugaoka Museum, Kamakura)
• 1955　International House of Japan, Collaborated with Mayekawa Kunio, YOSHIMURA Junzo
• 1957　Tokyu Bunka Kaikan
• 1959　Hashima City Hall
  Silk Center
• 1960　Ueno City Culture Center
• 1961　Shionogi Research Laboratory
• 1962　Kure Municipal Culture Center
• 1964　Hiraoka City Office (Current Higashiosaka City Office, Asahi-machi branch)
  Iwate Broadcasting Building
• 1966　West Side Plaza of Shinjuku Railway Station
• 1967　Gifu Municipal Culture Center
  Osaka Comprehensive Outdoor Activity Center for Young People
• 1970　Shibuya Station West Building

Past Exhibitions in NAMA

• une architecture pour l’homme, Junzo Sakakura in Architectural Documents, 2013
  contents Paris International Exposition Japan Pavilion, Iihashi Hous, Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura (Current Tsurugaoka Museum, Kamakura), Tokyu Bunka Kaikan, Hashima City Hall, Silk Center, Shionogi Research Laboratory.
• Le Corbusier and Japan With a Focus on the Three Apprentices who Built the National Museum of Western Art, 2015
  Contents Wartime prefabricated Architecture, Tokyo City War Memorial Tower, Paris International Exposition Japan Pavilion, Leonardo da Vinci Exhibition, Takashimaya Department Store, Wakayama, Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura (Current Tsurugaoka Museum, Kamakura).
• Recent Acquisitions and Collection Highlights 2017
  Contents Idemitsu Filling Stations and Related Facilities.
• Collection Showcase 2018 From Architecture to Urbanism 1945-1970 Perspectives on Urban Design in the Postwar Era, 2018
  Contents Shibuya Project, Ueno Comprehensive Plan, Shinjuku Project.
• Museums by Japanese Architects 1940s -1980s: Origins and Trajectories, 2020
  Contents Leonardo da Vinci Exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura (Current Tsurugaoka Museum, Kamakura), Electric Power Pavilion of EXPO ’70.
• Designing Home : Masterpiece Houses from NAMA’s Collection 1940-1975, 2021
  Contents Tatsumura House, Wartime prefabricated Architecture, Niki House.

The archive is comprehensive materials on architecture and urban design projects engaged in by the OTAKA Architectural Design Office (from 1962 to 2010). In addition to the architectural drawings in general (about 35,000 items), the collection also includes many reports on urban design and public works that OTAKA was involved in (about 1,000 items). Not only original drawings of the completion of constructions, but also materials such as booklets of blueprints prepared in the design process, reduced editions of drawings of the completion of constructions, and photograph albums are neatly sorted.

OTAKA Masato

After graduating from the second Faculty of Engineering of the University of Tokyo in 1947, OTAKA Masato joined Mayekawa Kunio Associates, Architects & Engineers in 1949 and was engaged in the design of significant works at the office for more than ten years. He joined the World Design Conference in 1960 as a member of the Metabolism Group. He established OTAKA Architectural Design Office in 1962. He led the architectural industry, government, and public corporations not only in architecture but also in the area of urban design. He contributed to the planning and development of Tama New Town and Yokohama Minato Mirai.

Major Works

（*：Mayekawa Kunio Associates, Architects ＆Engineers）

• 1958　Harumi High-Rise Apartment*
• 1960　Shinjuku Subcenter Project（with MAKI Fumihiko）
• 1961　Tokyo Metropolitan Festival Hall*
• 1963　Entry for Kyoto International Conference Center Competition
  Murai Gakuen Bldg. 1
• 1964　Office & Hall of ALL JAPAN Seaman’s Union
• 1967　Chiba Prefectural Culture Centre
• 1968　Sakaide Artificial Ground
  Chiba Prefectural Central Library
• 1969　Hiroshima Motomachi Apartment
• 1972　Chiba Prefectural Art Museum
• 1979　Yokohama City Center Waterfront Redevelopment Project [Minato Mirai 21]
• 1980　Doho Park Gymnasium
• 1984　Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art
• 2003　Miharu Community Center/Mahora Hall

Past Exhibitions in NAMA

• Uniting Architecture and Society : The Approach of OTAKA Masato, 2016
• Recent Acquisitions and Collection Highlights 2017, 2017
  Contents Kataoka Agricultural Cooperative Building (1962), Goshomi Agricultural Cooperative Building (1964), Hanaizumi Agricultural Cooperative Building (1965), Yamauchi Agricultural Cooperative Building (1966), Niihama Agricultural Cooperative Building (1967), Nangocho Agricultural Cooperative Building (1968), Shizuoka Agricultural Cooperative Center (1970).
• Collection Showcase 2018 From Architecture to Urbanism 1945-1970 : Perspectives on Urban Design in the Postwar Era, 2018
  Contents Chiba Forst of Culture (1965), Ube Tokiwa Park (1961)
• Museums by Japanese Architects 1940s -1980s: Origins and Trajectories, 2020
  Contents Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art (1974), Gunma Prefectural Museum of History (1979)
• Designing Home : Masterpiece Houses from NAMA’s Collection 1940-1975, 2021
  Contents Sakaide Artificial Ground (1968)
• Kodomonokuni：Children’s Land -Nature, Future and Metabolism Architecture [Concurrent exhibition] NAMA’s Recent Collections, 2022
  Contents Children’s Hostel (1964)

These archives comprise architectural design drawings/documents and photographs prepared at Mayekawa Kunio Associates, Architects & Engineers and Mayekawa Associates, Architects & Engineers (1976-). Materials are classified roughly into the following two categories: (1) company records (copy of written contracts for construction works), and (2) project records (architectural design drawings and documents, sketches, specification documents, photographs of construction work, photographs of the completion of constructions, etc.). The archives contain about 5,800 drawings (original) mainly for demolished or planned projects and many applications for famous design competitions in Japan and abroad, such as the Supreme Court of Japan, Vienna International Centre, and Centre Pompidou.

MAYEKAWA Kunio

MAYEKAWA Kunio graduated from the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering of the Tokyo Imperial University in 1928. In the same year, he joined the office of Le Corbusier. After returning to Japan in 1930, he joined Raymond Architectural Design Office. He established Mayekawa Kunio Associates, Architects & Engineers in 1935.

Major Works

• 1931　Entry for Competition to Design Imperial Household Museum
• 1934　Kimura Industrial Research Center
• 1941　Hua Hsing Commercial Bank Shanghai Domitories
• 1942　Mayekawa House
• 1946　PREMOS:Prefablicated Housing
• 1947　Kinokuniya Bookstore
• 1954　Kanagawa Prefectural Library and Music Hall
• 1958　Harumi High-Rise Apartment
• 1961　Tokyo Metropolitan Festival Hall
• 1971　Saitama Prefectural Museum
• 1974　Tokio Matine Building
• 1975　Tokyo Metropolitan Art Meseum
• 1977　Kumamoto Prefectral Meseum of Art
• 1979　The National Museum of West Art, New Wing
• 1986　National Diet Library Annex

Past Exhibitions in NAMA

• Le Corbusier and Japan With a Focus on the Three Apprentices who Built the National Museum of Western Art, 2015
  Contents Hua Hsing Commercial Bank Shanghai Domitories, Harumi High-Rise Apartment, New York World’s Fair Japan Pavilion.
• Designing Home : Masterpiece Houses from NAMA’s Collection 1940-1975, 2021
  Contents Hua Hsing Commercial Bank Shanghai Domitories, PREMOS:Prefablicated Housing, NHK Fujimigaoka Club House.

The collection comprises architectural design drawings by KISHIDA and his materials. The drawings consist of about 80 items drawn from 1950 to 1963. The latter includes a diary documenting his travel in Western countries (1925), negative films of overseas travel, including the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin (around the period from 1937 to 1939), a diary containing a review of the Olympics (1960), and his collection of books, including his works. The drawings are all digitalized.

KISHIDA Hideto

KISHIDA Hideto graduated from the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering of Tokyo Imperial University in 1922 (his graduation work was “Plan on Prison Architecture”). In the same year, he started working in the Building and Repairs Division of Tokyo Imperial University and became an assistant professor in 1925.From November 1925 to October 1926, he traveled on duty to Europe and the U.S. He received a doctoral degree in engineering with his “Modern Architectural History in Europe” thesis in 1929 and became a professor at the Tokyo Imperial University. MAYEKAWA Kunio and TANGE Kenzo are his disciples. He visited Germany from June to October 1936, where he observed the Summer Olympics in Berlin. In 1959, he became a professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo and took office as the Special Committee on Facilities Chair for the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Major Works

• 1925　Yasuda Auditorium, the University of Tokyo
• 1928　Main Library, the University of Tokyo
• 1934　Musashino Country Club Clubhouse
• 1937　Tombstone of Professor TSUKAMOTO Yasushi
• 1939　Japan Pavilion, New York Expo 1939
• 1951　Imperial Palace Outer Garden Rest Hous
• 1953　Seihu Temple
• 1955　Yugawara Country Club Clubhouse
• 1957　Yumoto Hachimancho Golf Course
• 1959　Yamanaka Vill
• 1960　Toda Country Clubhouse
  Residence for Speaker of the House of Representative
  Hongwanji Tsumura Betsuin
• 1962　Kochi Prefectural Government Main Building
• 1966　Kyuutoshoguuhomotsuka

Past Exhibitions in NAMA

• Designing Home : Masterpiece Houses from NAMA’s Collection 1940-1975, 2021
  Contents Residence for Chaiman of the House of Representatives.
• Kodomonokuni：Children’s Land -Nature, Future and Metabolism Architecture [Concurrent exhibition] NAMA’s Recent Collections, 2022
  Contents Hongwanji Tsumura Betsuin, Camera from KISHIDA’s Former Collection (Leica Ⅲa)