Okada Shinichirō (岡田信一郎) (20 November 1883 – 4 April 1932) was a prominent Japanese architect who practiced in the early twentieth century.[1][2] Okada taught at
Waseda University and
Tokyo School of Fine Arts.[3]
On November 20, 1883 Okada was born in Tokyo. In 1900 he graduated from a
middle school attached to the Normal School, which is now
Tsukuba University secondary school/high school. He graduated from Daiichi High School in 1903 and entered the
Tokyo Institute of Technology Technical University. He graduated from university in 1906.
After graduation Okada became a lecturer at
Tokyo School of Fine Arts. In 1911 he became a lecturer at
Waseda University, and became a full professor a year later in 1912. In 1923 he became a full professor at Tokyo School of Fine Arts.
Okada won the first prize in a design competition for the Osaka City Central Public Hall in 1917.[3] He designed the
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, a European
classicist building with entrances on all four sides, which opened on 1 May 1926.[4] He also designed
Meiji Seimei Kan, which was completed in 1934.
Okada died on April 4, 1932.
Selected works
Komatsu Miyauchi Hinoshito statue pedestal base (1912)
Bank of Japan Otaru Branch (1912) (currently a Financial Museum)
Osaka City Central Public Hall (1917) Designed by Tatsuno Kataoka, based on Okada's original plan.
Osaka Takashimaya (1921) Remodeled after war damage, demolished in 2007.