A STUDY ON OLD VILLA OF GADOU KOTATO : The fabricated house by mail order that was imported from America in the late Taisho era

Abstract

The fabricated house imported from America privately in late Taisho Era by an artist GADOU KOTATOwho was from Tochigi was decided to remove and reconstruct in 1999.This paper collected documents and arranged them in order to contribute for restoration and practical use. Career of GADOU, details to completion, the social background and buiding system of this house are become clear. Itwas inspected that this house was the valuable building remnants of three generation lives of KOTATO family in the history of imported house of Utsunomiya City. At the present time the work for recon-struction is completed.