The Historian · Hana · Tokyo
Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum
Prince Asaka commanded Japanese forces during the 1937 Nanjing Massacre. His house is now an art museum. I walk through the Lalique glass doors and hold both things simultaneously.
The 1933 Art Deco villa of Prince Asaka Yasuhiko, converted to a museum in 1983. Asaka commissioned French designers Henri Rapin and René Lalique for the interiors. The building is the collection.
— Hana, The Historian
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