Late Meiji Architectural Plans | Ex-Sukegawa Major GeneralShoji

Description: Publication year Around Meiji 40-42 Number of pages 23 hand-drawn blueprints, 2 construction documents, 5 personal documents Number of volumes 1 set Explanation A collection of architectural design documents for the Ministry of Communications facilities by Yamamoto Eijiro, a communications engineer in the late Meiji period. The career of Yamamoto Eijiro, as revealed from this document and the Cabinet Printing Bureau's "Staff Directory," is as follows: / Born in 1867 as the eldest son of Yamamoto Shigekichi, a carpenter in Takashima-cho, Yokohama. In the winter of 1895, after the First Sino-Japanese War, he worked as an architectural employee (31 years old) building the Qing Dynasty's Hamhaiwei Arsenal, and in the 1900s, although his affiliation is unknown, he continued to hold the title of "official." His first appearance as a communications engineer in the "Staff Directory" was in the Meiji 35 edition. He started out as a concurrent employee with a rank of seventh grade, and his name disappeared from the Ministry of Communications at least in the Meiji 45 edition, when he was ranked third grade. In 1898, he married a woman from the same Takashimacho town, and by 1904 he had two sons and one daughter. ● 22 hand-drawn design drawings for the Postal and Communications Maintenance Department. / "Floor plan for the new construction of the temporary Hakodate Post Office building, 1/100 scale", "Diagram of the layout of the temporary Hakodate Post Office building, 1/200 scale", "Plan of the front side of the extension to the temporary Hakodate Post Office building, 1/21 scale", "Plan of the new construction of the temporary Hakodate Post Office telephone room, 1/20 scale", "Diagram of the installation of iron bars around the windows of the former telephone room of the Hakodate Post Office, a surviving brick structure, to be converted into a warehouse", "Diagram of the new construction of the temporary Hakodate Maritime Bureau building, 1/100 scale", " "Drawing of the new Wakkanai Post Office shed, 1/100 scale", "Drawing of the Shiba Post Office annex building, 21/1 scale", "Drawing of the eaves of the Shiba Post Office working room, 20/1 scale", "Drawing of the new Shiba Post Office fire door, one of seven drawings" (total of 6 drawings), "Drawing of the upper floors of the Tokyo Shiba telephone branch office extension, 1/100 scale", "Drawing of the new storage shed and other construction work for Kanazawa Post Office (Nishimachi), 20/1 scale", "Drawing of the new annex building of the Kyoto Gojo telephone office, 21/1 scale". There are also 4 drawings without titles. ●"Hakodate Maritime Bureau temporary office building construction log, construction started in November 1907, engineer Yamamoto" / work log from contract signing to handover. ● "Ministry of Communications Project Report" - 6 documents prepared by Yamamoto in his role as construction supervisor. One project for the construction of a temporary Hakodate Maritime Bureau office, two projects for the construction of a new telephone building for Hakodate Post Office, and three projects for the construction of a new Shiba Post Office. ● One sheet, "Drawing of the new three-story building at 50.1m² behind January Building, Eirakucho 2-chome, Yokohama City, Drawing by Yamamoto Eijiro." This is thought to be an elevation drawing of the Eirakucho red-light district in Yokohama. ● "Certificate of Diligent Attendance" - A certificate of commendation awarded to employees working on the construction of the Qing Dynasty's Hamhaiwei Arsenal in the winter of 1895. ● Four personal documents of Yamamoto Eijiro. - Marriage registration, birth registration of eldest son, birth registration of second son, and an extract from the Yamamoto family register. Shipping+++ DHL,Fedex,JP Post International Buyers - Please Note+++ Import duties, taxes, and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding or buying.

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