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The Waseda International House of Literature, also known as the Haruki Murakami Library, is an academic building, library, and museum exhibition space at Waseda University in Shinjuku designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma.
Shigeharu Matsumoto (松本 重治, Matsumoto Shigeharu, 1899–1989) was an internationalist.He was founder of the International House of Japan and a pioneer in building constructive relations between Japanese and others through shared knowledge of their diverse histories, needs and national aspirations.
On January 1, 2019, Kondo was appointed as Chairman at International House of Japan [1] after serving as a Trustee and a Director in previous years. He also serves as a Global Trustee of Asia Society [3] and Co-Chair of Asia Society Japan Center. He is also a Kenjin-Tatsujin Member of nonprofit organization Ashinaga.
The clan's house and garden fell into the hands of Inoue Kaoru, the first foreign minister in the Meiji government. [8] The home became a venue for entertaining foreign dignitaries and introducing them to the esthetics of Japanese gardens. [9] After World War II, the former Kyōgoku property was acquired by the International House of Japan.
Koyata was strongly opposed to this order but died in December of the same year. The site of his house in Roppongi is now occupied by the International House of Japan. [5] Although the building was rebuilt in 1955, the garden remains largely as it was when Koyata commissioned it in 1930. [6]
International House of Japan, Tokyo, 1955 Nara National Museum, 1972. On his return to Tokyo in 1941 he set up his own practice. [5] In 1953, because of his connections with Raymond, Yoshimura secured the project to design a traditional Japanese Tea House in the garden of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. [6]
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International House Berkeley, at the University of California, Berkeley, in California; International House Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana; International House of Chicago, at the University of Chicago, in Illinois; International House of New York, an independent residential facility and programs center near Columbia University, in New York