Tokyo meisho no zu - Asakusa dera denshinkyokuTITLE TRANSLATION:Scenic places in Tokyo - Asakusa telegraph bureau. – Historic Print
(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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Tokyo meisho no zu - Asakusa dera denshinkyokuTITLE TRANSLATION:Scenic places in Tokyo - Asakusa telegraph bureau. comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Tokyo meisho no zu - Asakusa dera denshinkyokuTITLE TRANSLATION:Scenic places in Tokyo - Asakusa telegraph bureau.
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Few prints of early Meiji Tokyo show a telegraph office beside a Buddhist temple, but this one sets the new Asakusa telegraph bureau against the pagoda of Sensōji, the city's famous temple in Asakusa. It belongs to the series *Tōkyō meishō no zu* (Scenic Places in Tokyo), dated 1870, when the telegraph was still a novelty in Japan and new technology sat alongside older landmarks. Rickshaws and women in fashionable dress move through the street, a reminder of how quickly everyday life was changing. The record lists several artists, including Toyohara Kunichika and Utagawa Kuniaki, and the signature reads Yōsai Kuniteru, so the attribution is worth checking against other sources.
| Created / published | 1870 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Toyohara Kunichika 1835-1900 artist.Utagawa Kuniaki 1835-1888 artist.Utagawa Toyokuni 1786-1865 artist. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 33.5 x 22 cm. (block) 36.5 x 24.5 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Yōsai Kuniteru [bosha]. From series entitled: Tōkyō meishō no zu (Scenic places in Tokyo). Annotation in pencil on mount: Telegraph office and Sensoji temple in Tokyo. DLC Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 33; 47623a (white label); LC2585. DLC Seal date is unidentified. Earlier control number: 4894.6-1. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Sensōji (Tokyo Japan)--Buildings--1860-1880. Asakusa-ku (Tokyo Japan)--1860-1880. Telegraph offices--Japan--Tokyo--1860-1880. Temples--Japan--Tokyo--1860-1880. Pagodas--Japan--Tokyo--1860-1880. Women--Clothing & dress--Japan--Tokyo--1860-1880. Rickshaws--Japan--Tokyo--1860-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 1,051 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227241 |
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