True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Night View of Shinbashi Station
by Inoue Yasuji
Description
Shinbashi Station — Japan's first railway terminus, opened in 1872 to connect Tokyo with Yokohama — is depicted at night in this document of Meiji modernity. The station was both a functional hub and a powerful symbol: the railway itself had been imported wholesale from Britain, and the station building's Western architecture announced that Japan was participating in the global industrial revolution. Yasuji's nocturne captures the station's illuminated facade and the activity around it, rendering the new technology with the same careful observation he brought to Edo's ancient bridges and shrines.
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Frequently Asked Questions
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Night View of Shinbashi Station was created by Inoue Yasuji (井上安治).
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Night View of Shinbashi Station depicts urban scenes, landscapes, and night scenes, set at Tokyo.