Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts James Hall

A Brick Hall of 1913 by Takeda Goichi

The Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts James Hall (同志社女子大学ジェームズ館) is a brick school building designed by Takeda Goichi of 1913 in Genbucho, Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on October 18, 2000 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The Agency records a brick building of two storeys and a basement, with a tiled roof and a building area of 697 square metres; registration number 26-0067.

Built with Mrs James's Gift

James Hall of Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts was built in 1913 with a gift from Mrs W. James, during the rebuilding of the campus that began at the end of the Meiji period (Agency for Cultural Affairs). A two-storey brick building with a tiled roof, it has a segmental pediment with dentils over its main entrance.

It is said to have been modelled on Californian houses, and like the Eikokan it was designed by Takeda Goichi (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Why It Was Registered

The Agency registered it as a model of design.

What to Look For

Look for the dentilled segmental pediment over the main entrance (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Visiting

It is owned by the Doshisha school corporation (Agency for Cultural Affairs). As a university building, no official information on visits was found. Doshisha's Important Cultural Properties and registered buildings are introduced together on the Doshisha page.