A Study on Architect Kazue Yakushiji And Art Deco Style -A Study about interior design of the former head office of Chugoku Bank-

摘要

This paper treats one of architectural works of Kazue Yakushiji (1884-1965) who had an active part in Okayama and Kurashiki under Magosaburou Oohara. He designed the Kurashiki-honmachi branch of Chugoku Bank and the former head office of Chugoku Bank, which are the most important works, before and after the tour in Europe and America. This paper compares the two from the viewpoint of changing his representation of design and evaluates the Art Deco Style in the interior design of the former head office of Chugoku Bank that has been unknown. And it also proves a Japanese architect used the Art Deco style in the 1920s in Okayama.