Model of proposed Imperial Hotel, Tokyo – Historic Reproduction
![Model of proposed Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, [1917] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/8e/8e852cb188ef-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Model of proposed Imperial Hotel, Tokyo comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Model of proposed Imperial Hotel, Tokyo
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The model shown here is Frank Lloyd Wright's proposed design for the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, reproduced as a halftone from a photograph. It appeared in 1917 in a Japanese volume titled *Some Designs and Executed Buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright*, published by Kenchiku Gahōsha. Wright's hotel was commissioned during the First World War, and its low, ornamented plan included a floating foundation meant to withstand earthquakes on Tokyo's soft ground. The building survived the 1923 Kanto earthquake, though it was demolished in 1968.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : halftone. |
| Genre | Halftone photomechanical prints 1910-1920.Illustrations 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Furanku Roido Raito-shi kenchikugō = Some designs and executed buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright, architect. Tōkyō : Kenchiku Gahōsha, Taishō 6 [1917], [p. 5 in illustrations section]. Halftone reproduction of photograph. |
| Subjects | Wright, Frank Lloyd,--1867-1959--Associated objects. Architectural models--Japan--Tokyo--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,482 × 1,177 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218220 |
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