Tokyo Takanawa kaigan jokisha tetsudo hashiriyuki no sen zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Steam train at Takanawa seashore Tokyo. – Vintage 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 Takanawa kaigan jokisha tetsudo hashiriyuki no sen zuTITLE TRANSLATION:Steam train at Takanawa seashore Tokyo.
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This triptych shows a steam locomotive running along the shore at Takanawa, then a coastal district of Tokyo, in 1872, the year the railway between Shimbashi and Yokohama opened. The line was Japan's first major railway, and it crossed the water on embankments and bridges, which made the sea-side route a novelty that print artists were eager to show. The design is a color woodcut across three sheets, signed by Ichimōsai Yoshitora and cut by Koizumi Minokichi. Its wide format lets the viewer follow the train, the bridges, and the carriages that were then part of everyday travel.
| Created / published | 1872 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Koizumi Minokichi 1833-1906 engraver. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper (3 sheets) : woodcut color ; 34.7 x 23.6 cm. (each block) 35.7 x 23.6 cm. (each sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Signature: Ichimōsai Yoshitora ga. Seal date is illegible. Triptych matted in 3 sections: right (178a) center (178b) left (178c). Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 141; 47623a. DLC Earlier control number: 141. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Railroads--Japan--Tokyo--1870-1880. Bridges--Japan--Tokyo--1870-1880. Carriages & coaches--Japan--Tokyo--1870-1880. Transportation--Japan--Tokyo--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints |
| Original scan | 4,059 × 5,000 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227265 |
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