Aoikan

Aoikan (葵館)
Aoikan Theatre 1913
Aoikan Theatre 1924
Interactive map of Aoikan (葵館)
AddressMinato-ku
Akasaka, Tokyo
Japan
Coordinates35°40′12″N 139°44′24″E / 35.67000°N 139.74000°E / 35.67000; 139.74000
Construction
OpenedJuly 1913
Reopened1924
Demolished1931

The Aoikan (葵館) was a movie theater in the Tameike section of Akasaka in Tokyo, Japan. It existed since the mid-1910s as a high-class foreign film theater, featuring benshi such as Musei Tokugawa.

After the 1923 earthquake, it re-opened in October 1924 with a new, modern design created by prominent avant-garde artists. Seisaku Yoshikawa was in charge of architectural design, Yasuji Ogishima did the sculptural reliefs on the front of the building, and Tomoyoshi Murayama designed the interior. Murayama also did the cover illustrations for the theater's pamphlets in the first few years.

References

  1. ↑ Kikuchi (January 13, 2010). "Aoikan" (in Japanese). Shūzōko ichigōkan. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  2. ↑ "Aoikan rerīfu no chōkokuka Ogishima Yasuji" (in Japanese). Bunriha kenchiku hakubutsukan. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  3. ↑ "Aoikan to Aoi wīkurī" (in Japanese). Aoyama biyori. March 12, 2006. Retrieved 5 April 2010.