The imposing and ostentatious character of the Imperial style was just the thing for Japanese architects to mimic in order to make a display of the power and wealth of the empire of the rising sun. It could also impress the colonized peoples by serving as a symbol of authority.
帝國主義建築華麗宏偉的形式，正好被日本技師模仿以表現統治者的豐功偉業，及用來安定殖民地民心、確立其威權的象徵。日本人將這種建築叫「樣式建築」。