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Former Asakanomiya residence

            Prince Asakanomiya Yasuhiko (朝香宮鳩彦 1887-1981), a son-in-law of Emperor Meiji, was a general of the Japanese Imperial Army. His residence was built in 1933 on the site of a former Edo residence of the Matsudaira (松平) family that had their Han (藩 domain) in Takamatsu in the Shikoku island. 
He studied in France and became fascinated with the French culture. He hired Henri Rapin, a French art déco artist, to design the interior.

Asakanomiya narrowly avoided being named a war criminal, but was purged from holding any political and public offices after the WW II by the order of GHQ of the US-led occupation forces. His imperial family status was also abolished. 
The mansion occupying a primary location in the Yamanote terrace was seized by the government and sold to the Seibu Group in 1950. It had been used as a guesthouse of the Ikebukuro-based railways, retail and hotel group until 1975. 
Seibu also purchased his villa in Karuizawa, a famous hill station in the Nagano prefecture, and converted it to Karuizawa Prince Hotel.

Seibu tried to built another Prince Hotel in Prince Asakanomiya's residence, but gave it up finally due to a strong local opposition. Seibu sold the property to the Tokyo prefecture in 1981, and the prefecture converted it to the Metropolitan Teien Art Museum (都立庭園美術館) as it is today.
   

Taken in: Japan / Tokyo / Kamiōsaki (show map)

Taken on: June 20, 2023

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Camera: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. RICOH GR III, f/5.0, 1/400 sec, 18.3mm (=28mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. RICOH GR III
Aperture:	f/5.0
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/400)
Focal Length:	18.3mm (35mm equivalent: 28mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	-0.7 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Lightroom 6.5 (Macintosh)
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