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[Rebuilding after the Hamaguri Gate Incident of 1864, Kyoto, Japan] – Historic Photograph Print

[Rebuilding after the Hamaguri Gate Incident of 1864, Kyoto, Japan] — historic print
[Rebuilding after the Hamaguri Gate Incident of 1864, Kyoto, Japan]. Historic print from the Japanese Prints collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Rebuilding after the Hamaguri Gate Incident of 1864, Kyoto, Japan] comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Rebuilding after the Hamaguri Gate Incident of 1864, Kyoto, Japan]

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Rather than the fighting itself, this color woodcut focuses on the work of rebuilding after the Hamaguri Gate Incident of 1864, when armed clashes near Kyoto's imperial palace set off fires that destroyed large parts of the city. Dated 1893, the print looks back on that recovery nearly three decades later, during the Meiji era, when Japan was reshaping its capital and its public image. Its emphasis on construction makes it a useful view of how Kyoto's wartime past was remembered as well as how the city was physically rebuilt.

Medium1 print : woodcut, color.
Genredreams and substances
Notes[1893]
SubjectsCampaigns & battles--Japan--Kyoto--1860-1870. Construction--Japan--Kyoto--1860-1870.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,535 × 3,680 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-222104

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