Rokkakudō (Kitaibaraki)

Rokkaku-dō in 2008

Interior of the Rokkaku-dō; note the shape and arrangement of the tatami

Site of Rokkaku-dō after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

Rokkakudō (六角堂), officially known as Kanrantei (観瀾亭), was a hexagonal wooden retreat overlooking the sea along the Izura coast in Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.^[1] Dating to 1905, it was part of the Izura Institute of Arts & Culture, Ibaraki University.^[2][3] Constructed in the sukiya-zukuri style, single-storey, with a tiled roof, an area of nine square metres, and painted red, it was designed by scholar and critic Okakura Tenshin who spent time there with painter Yokoyama Taikan. In 2003 it was added to the Tangible Cultural Properties Register.^[1][4] On 11 March 2011 it was swept off to sea in the tsunami.^[5][6] It was rebuilt and opened to the public in April 2012.^[7]

See also

• Tenshin Memorial Museum of Art, Ibaraki
• Nihon Bijutsuin
• Registered Cultural Properties
• Kanrantei
• Japanese aesthetics

References

1. "Database of Nationally-Designated Cultural Properties etc". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
2. "Historical Material Collection - Izura Institute of Arts and Culture". Ibaraki University. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
3. "Rokkaku-do (destroyed by the Japan Earthquake)". Ibaraki-Prefectural Tourism & Local Products Association. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
4. "茨城大学五浦美術文化研究所六角堂ほか２棟". Ibaraki Prefecture. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
5. "Not by bread alone". Japan Times. 3 April 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
6. "岡倉天心ゆかりの文化財「六角堂」、津波で消失". Daily Yomiuri. 12 March 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
7. "再建六角堂、28日から一般公開へ". Ibaraki Shimbun. Retrieved 14 April 2012.

Further reading

Kumada, Yumiko (1998). "Okakura Tenshin and the Rokkakudo (Hexagonal Arbor) - Its Architectural Sources and Traditions in China (岡倉天心と五浦」出版記念講演>天心と六角堂:中国建築体験を中心に着想源をさぐる)". The Izura Bulletin (Ibaraki University) 5: 9–28.

Coordinates: 36°50′00″N 140°48′12″E / 36.83333°N 140.80333°E