A STUDY ON THE 1936 TAIHOKU HIGASHI HONGANJI AS AN INDIAN-STYLE BUDDHIST TEMPLE

This paper explores the Indian-style Taihoku Higashi Honganji completed in 1936 during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan. Through articles found in the Ōtani-ha journal Hikari, it reviews the construction process, and identifies the role of Takechi Yukifumi as the director architect assigned by Matsui Construction. The study also situates the Taipei one within the context of Tsukiji Hongwanji designed by Ito Chūta. The author critically examines the name of the style designated in the Taiwan Architecture Journal, suggesting it stems from a misreading of Tsukiji Hongwanji, which reflects the ambiguity surrounding architectural styles of the time.