Oh, that's cool!

I also found this bit [1]. So there really seems to be a connection between Sukiya-zukuri and Bauhaus:

> In 1954 Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus visited Katsura Detached Palace and was so struck by it that in 1960 he co-authored Katsura: Tradition and Creation Japanese Architecture with Kenzo Tange.

(Though the book quote in the article seems to be about Zen gardens, which reads to me as maximally un-Bauhaus-like, so not sure if the style really was a direct inspiration for Bauhaus.)

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukiya-zukuri#Influence

...ok, knowing historical dates is advantageous :)

The art school existed from 1919-1933. So if he went to Japan in 1954, obviously it couldn't have been an influence.

Fun coincidence nevertheless.