THE ACCEPTANCE OF WESTERN ARCHITECTURAL MAGAZINES IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION BEFORE WWII IN JAPAN (PART 1) : SURVEY AND ANALYSIS OF THE COLLECTION OF WESTERN ARCHITECTURAL MAGAZINES IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION

The purpose of this study is to unravel the students' acceptance of modern Western architecture at institutions of higher education in Japan before WWII through magazines, based on a survey of Western architectural magazines collection of each institution at the time. The institutions subscribed to a variety of magazines, primarily from Germany, the U.K., and the U.S., and it may be related to language education. The magazines which many institutions subscribed, such as The Studio, and Moderne Bauformen, were particularly rich in illustrations and photographs. Subscription of magazines was active between the 1920s and the 1930s, then stagnated around 1941.