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Tatsutamaru, and an archived picture documents when he played a hammond organ for his cousin onboard. He took the first two hammond organs to Japan, and Omi Sales imported many for churches and schools. Mr.Yoshiyuki Ōhara who worked at Omi Brothers and maintained
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office building in 1907, which became his first work as an architect in Japan. He opened his office for architectural design in 1908 and in the following year, he founded "Vories & Co." along with Lester Chapin, an architect, and Etsuzō Yoshida, his
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in 1904. At first, he hoped to be an architect, although he came to Japan in 1905 as an
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