Imperial Hotel Playing Cards by Art of PlayFrom 1913 1922, Frank Lloyd Wright designed and built the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, Japan. For decades this landmark served as an architectural icon for the city, during which time it survived several devastating earthquakes until it was demolished in 1968. Fortunately, the main entrance and hotel lobby were preserved and reconstructed in 1968 at the Museum Meiji mura, an open air architectural museum and theme park near Nagoya in Aichi prefecture,