Tokyo shiodama tetsudo jokisha tsuko no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Steam train passing through Shiodama (Shimbashi) Tokyo. – Antique Wall Art
(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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A window into the past: Tokyo shiodama tetsudo jokisha tsuko no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Steam train passing through Shiodama (Shimbashi) Tokyo., preserved in this historic print. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Tokyo shiodama tetsudo jokisha tsuko no zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Steam train passing through Shiodama (Shimbashi) Tokyo.
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Shiodama, the Shimbashi-area terminus in Tokyo, is the setting here, and the steam locomotive makes this sheet stand out among early railway prints. Printed in 1870 by the engraver Matsushima Seikichi from a design credited to the artist Ikkei, it is one panel of a triptych. The subject headings also list foreign visitors, a reminder that Western travelers and officials were often present at the country's first railway scenes. The Shimbashi line did not open until 1872, so the print shows the new technology shortly before it entered everyday use.
| Created / published | 1870 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Matsushima Seikichi engraver. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 35.5 x 24.5 cm. (block) 37 x 25.5 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Single section of a triptych. Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 34; 47623a. Earlier control number: 34. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). Form of name on original record: [Ikkei]; Source of name (100): Lane p. 278. |
| Subjects | Railroads--Japan--Tokyo--1860-1880. Railroad stations--Japan--Tokyo--1860-1880. Foreign visitors--Japan--Tokyo--1860-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 3,811 × 4,774 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227672 |
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