CHOCHIKUKYO
聴竹居
CHOCHIKUKYO 聴竹居
Chochikukyo is a residence built by architect Koji Fujii in 1928 in the foothills of Mount Tennozan in Oyamazaki. This house is considered a masterpiece of modern Japanese architecture. Visitors to Chochikukyo are permitted to enter upon reservation only.
In 1999, “Chochikukyo” was selected as one of the twenty best buildings to represent Japanese modernist architecture, and in 2017, it was designated as a National Important Cultural Property which was the first time for an architect’s own house built in the Showa period (1926-1989).
Born in 1888 in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Fujii studied architecture at the University of Tokyo and then worked for six years in the construction company Takenaka Corporation. In 1919 he then spent nine months traveling in Europe and the United States.
On his return he took up a teaching position at the newly formed Kyoto Imperial University, began researching architectural environmental engineering, and planned his own residence that made use of these results.
Chochikukyo expresses the "ideal way of housing that suits the climate of Japan" and the universal "ideal housing of Japanese people". Visit the homepage of Chokikukyo (Japanese version) at www.chochikukyo.com.