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This woodblock print by Fujimori Shizuo, dated 1937, is cataloged under a database reference rather than its descriptive title. The 1937 date places it late in Fujimori's documented career and in a year of escalating military conflict, as Japan's invasion of China expanded into full-scale war. The political context inevitably colors any artwork from this period, though Fujimori's known body of work focused on urban landscapes rather than overtly political subjects. Whatever scene this print depicts, it records a Tokyo poised on the edge of the wartime years that would drastically alter the city's physical fabric through bombing and fire. The woodblock medium, with its associations of peace and cultural refinement, provides a counterpoint to the military tensions of the historical moment.