Merrell Vories Hitotsuyanagi
Merrell Vories Hitotsuyanagi | |
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一柳 米来留 | |
Vories (circa 1905) | |
| Born | William Merrell Vories October 28, 1880 Leavenworth, Kansas, United States |
| Died | May 7, 1964 (aged 83) Ōmihachiman, Shiga Prefecture, Japan |
| Monuments | Vories Commemorative Museum |
| Nationality | American (former) |
| Other names | Mereru Hitotsuyanagi |
| Citizenship | Japanese (from 1941) |
| Alma mater | Colorado College |
| Occupation(s) | educator, architect, entrepreneur, missionary |
| Employer(s) | Vories & Co. (founder) Omi Sales Company (founder) |
| Organization | Omi Brotherhood (founder) |
| Known for | founder of the Omi Mission in Japan |
| Notable work | College Memories and Other Rimes, Much of Which Has Appeared Before in the Colorado College Tiger (1903) A mustard seed in Japan (1911) Poems of the East and West (1960) |
| Spouse |
Makiko Hitotsuyanagi
(m. 1919) |
Merrell Vories Hitotsuyanagi, also known as Mereru Hitotsuyanagi (一柳 米来留, Hitotsuyanagi Mereru); born William Merrell Vories (October 28, 1880 – May 7, 1964), was an educator, architect, entrepreneur, Christian lay missionary, and founder of the Omi Mission. Born in the United States, he later became a naturalized Japanese citizen.
Merrell lived and worked mainly in Shiga Prefecture in Japan. With only limited formal training as an architect, he founded an architectural office in Shiga which employed over thirty professional staff and was responsible for the design of well over 1000 residential, commercial, and church structures in Japan and occupied Korea, prior to the Second World War.