skip to page content - This multicolored print shows the second
temporary Imperial Diet building. It was built in 1891 in Hibiya
Uchisaiwaichō, central Tokyo, to replace the first temporary
Imperial Diet building, which was destroyed by a fire. Its style
combined elements of Japanese traditional architecture with
Western elements attributable to its German architect. Imperial
Diet sessions were held in this building 48 times before it too
burned down, in 1925. The present National Diet building was
constructed in Nagatachō, Metropolitan Tokyo, in 1936. Title in
Original Language Type of Item - 1 print; 37.5 × 23.5
centimeters