Maeda Toshinari
Marquis / 16th head of the Maeda family / residence commissioner
Western residence 1929; Japanese residence 1930
Who they were
Maeda Toshinari (1885–1942) was a marquis and the sixteenth head of the Maeda family. He commissioned the Komaba residence after exchanging the family’s Hongo property with Tokyo Imperial University. Its Western house served both family life and formal entertaining; a Japanese house was added for receiving foreign guests.
Related residence
Former Marquis Maeda Residence, Komaba
Sources
Short profile checked on 9 October 2026. People in Japan
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