ヴォーリズ設計の吉田家住宅に関する研究 : インテリアと家具の特徴

Abstract

Yoshida House (1913) is an early work produced by William Merrell. Vories as a model house. It has a simple and rational room planning characterized by the style before and after the War of American Independence. A Japanese guesthouse with a thatch-roofed tea room was added as an outbuilding to it, which is compatible with the change of life. As a result of actual surveying, it proved to be builded by two-by-four construction and Japanese traditional measuring system and use American building materials. Among surviving furniture, valuable and various furniture were confirmed, such as Bruno Taut’s furniture, Western furniture produced in Japan, craftsman style furniture, reimported furniture and furniture of English origin.