Which buildings did Tatsuno Kingo design in Tokyo?

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The main building (kondo) at Horyu-ji Temple in Ikaruga, Nara, Japan, features multi-tiered, tiled roofs and wooden architectural details on a stone base. — Japanese architecture Main building at Hōryū Temple, Ikaruga, Nara prefecture, Japan.

Tatsuno Kingo (1854–1919) was a prominent architect who contributed significantly to the Western-style monumental architecture of the Meiji period. In Tokyo, his most notable designs include:

The Bank of Japan (constructed between 1890 and 1896)1
Tokyo Station (completed in 1914)1

These structures serve as key examples of the rapid assimilation of Western architectural forms and structural technologies in Japan during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.1