True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Woolen Textile Factory, Senju
by Inoue Yasuji
Description
The Woolen Textile Factory at Senju — the government-established mill in the northern reaches of Tokyo, one of the Meiji industrial projects designed to build Japan's manufacturing capacity — is depicted here as a monument to the era's commitment to industrial development. The Senju mill was part of a network of model factories established in the 1870s and 1880s to introduce Western industrial techniques to Japanese production. Yasuji records the factory buildings with the same documentary precision he brought to temples and bridges, treating industrial architecture as simply the newest addition to Tokyo's built landscape.
More Prints by Inoue Yasuji
The Emperor Meiji and Empress in a Carriage during their Silver Wedding Anniversary Celebration at Aoyama
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Taro Inari Shrine in Asakusa-tanbo
Woodblock print
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: The Burnt Remains of Ryogokubashi Bridge
Woodblock print
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: The Destruction of Hisamatsucho in a Fire that Started in Kanda
Woodblock print
More Urban Scenes Prints
A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Kiyonaga's Pipe (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Kiyonaga no kiseru)
Woodblock print
View of Kabuki Theater from Matsuya (Ginza Matsuya yori Kabukiza), no. 3 from the series "Pictures of Ginza, First Series (Gashu Ginza dai isshu)"
1928
Color lithograph
Distant View of Mitsukoshi Movie Theater in Shinjuku from the Sixth Floor of Hoteiya (Hoteiya rokkai kara Shinjuku Mitsukoshi Musashi no kan enbo zu), no. 1 from the series "Scenery of Shinjuku (Gashu Shinjuku fukei)"
1930
Color lithograph
Spring Dusk at the Tōshō Shrine in Ueno
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Frequently Asked Questions
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Woolen Textile Factory, Senju was created by Inoue Yasuji (井上安治).
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Woolen Textile Factory, Senju depicts urban scenes, architecture, and craftspeople, set at Tokyo.