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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Twelve days after Tokyo's worst recorded earthquake (Sept. 1, 1923), famed Architect Frank Lloyd Wright received a cablegram from the Japanese baron who ran the Imperial Hotel: "Hotel stands undamaged as monument to your genius. Hundreds of homeless provided [for] by perfectly maintained service. Congratulations. Signed, Okura Impeho...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Made in Japan, U.S.-Designed | 9/24/1945 | See Source »

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