Kiyoshi Seike

Office building of the TIT

Hōun Memorial Museum

Kiyoshi Seike ( Japanese 清 家 清 Seike Kiyoshi; born December 13, 1918 in Kyoto ; died April 8, 2005 ) was a Japanese architect of the Shōwa period .

life and work

From 1941 Kiyoshi Seike attended the "Tōkyō Bijutsu Gakkō" (東京 美術 学校), the forerunner of the Tōkyō Geijutsu Daigaku (Geidai) and then graduated from the Tōkyō Kōgyō Daigaku (TIT) in 1943 . He was then drafted into the Navy and worked there as a technical officer. After the Pacific War he worked at TIT and eventually became a professor there. In 1962 he caught up with his doctorate. Most recently he was a professor at Geidai.

Seike presented his first work, the residence for Dr. Mori (森 邸) in 1951 and the residence for Professor Saitō (斎 藤 邸) completed in 1952 when the post-war discussion on fascism was in full swing. Seike's designs, which included Japanese furniture and tatami , sought the best use for small spaces. They were epoch-making in the history of post-war Japanese architecture. Seike worked primarily for domestic demand, other significant works include the Miyagi Residence (宮城 邸), the Tsuboi Residence (坪井 邸) and his own house.

Seike's students include Shinohara Kazuo (1925–2006), Shōji Hayashi (1928–2011), Masako Hayashi (林雅子; 1928–2001), Gyōji Banshōya (番 匠 谷 尭 二; 1930–1999), Kōji Yagi (八 木 幸 二; *; * 1944) and others.

Remarks

1. ↑ The Hōun Memorial Museum (豊 雲 記念 館, Hōun kinenkan) is dedicated to the Ikebana artist Ohara Hōun (小 原 豊 雲, 1908–1995).

literature

• Tazawa, Yutaka: Seike Kiyoshi . In: Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art. Kodansha International, 1981. ISBN 0-87011-488-3 .