Rokkakudō (Kitaibaraki)

Rokkakudō (六角堂), was a hexagonal wooden retreat overlooking the sea along the Izura coast in Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

[1] Dating to 1905, it was part of the Izura Institute of Arts & Culture, Ibaraki University.

[2][3] Constructed in the sukiya-zukuri style, single-storey, with a tiled roof, an area of nine square metres, and painted red, it was designed by scholar and critic Okakura Tenshin who spent time there with painter Yokoyama Taikan.

"Okakura Tenshin and the Rokkakudo (Hexagonal Arbor) - Its Architectural Sources and Traditions in China (岡倉天心と五浦」出版記念講演>天心と六角堂:中国建築体験を中心に着想源をさぐる)".

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