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Rokumeikan

Buildings and structures demolished in 1941Buildings and structures in Chiyoda, TokyoBuildings of the Meiji periodDefunct hotelsDemolished buildings and structures in Japan
Former buildings and structures in JapanResidential buildings completed in 1883
Tokyo Rokumeikan zenmen 1883 1900
Tokyo Rokumeikan zenmen 1883 1900

The Rokumeikan (鹿鳴館, "Banqueting House") was a large two-story building in Tokyo, completed in 1883, which became a controversial symbol of Westernisation in the Meiji period. Commissioned for the housing of foreign guests by the Foreign Minister Inoue Kaoru, it was designed by British architect Josiah Conder, a prominent Western adviser working in Japan. Although the Rokumeikan's heyday was brief, it became famous for its parties and balls, which introduced many high-ranking Japanese to Western manners for the first time, and it is still a fixture in the cultural memory of Japan. It was, however, largely used for the accommodation of guests of the government, and for meetings between Japanese who had already lived abroad. Its reputation as a center of dissipation is largely exaggerated.

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Rokumeikan
Hibiya Dori, Chiyoda

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Hibiya Dori
100-0011 Chiyoda
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Tokyo Rokumeikan zenmen 1883 1900
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