The Historian · Hana · Tokyo
Kyu-Iwasaki-tei Gardens
Conder designed this house the same year Mitsubishi was consolidating its monopoly on Japan's industrial modernization.
The 1896 Meiji-era mansion of Iwasaki Hisaya, third president of Mitsubishi. Josiah Conder designed it — a Western-style house, a Japanese reception hall, and a billiard room.
— Hana, The Historian
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