Takenaka Corporation
Kudan is named after nearby Kudanzaka hilltop. Its address 1-1-1 Fujimi translates as “a view of Mt. Fuji.” The residence was built within a land in the Tokugawa shogunate, by Iwajiro Yasuda, a member of the family of prominent businessman Yasuda Zenjirō in the 1930s. It was originally known as the Yasuda Mansion. Zenjiro Yasuda founded Yasuda Zaibatsu and the Fuji group of companies. He is also the great-grandfather of artist Yoko Ono. Iwajiro, a painter, originally inherited a family home in Kamakura but decided to build a new house in Tokyo. He commissioned the Yokogawa Construction and Takenaka Corporation to build his new house. Tokisuke Yokogawa served as architect. Construction started in March 1933 and was completed in January 1935.