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Interior Grandeur<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Inside, visitors can observe wooden floors, high ceilings, tall windows, decorative molding, and formal room arrangements. These features create a sense of openness and authority associated with modern public institutions of the Meiji period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Architecture as Political Message<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Completed in 1894, the building expressed Japan\u2019s ambitions as a modern nation-state. It was meant to be seen by both Japanese citizens and foreign observers as evidence that Japan possessed the institutions, authority, and sophistication of a modern government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Interior Grandeur Inside, visitors can observe wooden floors, high ceilings, tall windows, decorative molding, and formal room arrangements. These features create a sense of openness and authority associated with modern public institutions of the Meiji period. Architecture as Political Message Completed in 1894, the building expressed Japan\u2019s ambitions as a modern nation-state. It was meant … Continue reading Read the building through its design<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37786,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/histmimtokyo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/histmimtokyo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/histmimtokyo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/histmimtokyo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37786"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/histmimtokyo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/histmimtokyo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/histmimtokyo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions\/58"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/histmimtokyo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/histmimtokyo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/histmimtokyo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}