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Shinjuku Station (Shinjuku eki), from the series "Scenery of Shinjuku (Gashu Shinjuku fukei)" by Oda Kazuma — Japanese Color lithograph, 1930

Shinjuku Station (Shinjuku eki), from the series "Scenery of Shinjuku (Gashu Shinjuku fukei)"

by Oda Kazuma

Shin-hangaSōsaku-hanga
Urban ScenesTravel Scenes
Lithograph
Date:
1930
Medium:
Color lithograph

Description

Shinjuku Station, depicted in this 1930 color lithograph from the "Scenery of Shinjuku" series, was undergoing transformation from a regional railway stop into one of Tokyo's great transit hubs — a process that would accelerate throughout the decade and eventually make it the busiest station in the world. Kazuma captures the station building and its immediate surroundings: the flow of passengers, the rickshaws and cars beginning to mix with pedestrians, the sense of a node of modern movement around which the new Shinjuku was organizing itself.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Shinjuku Station (Shinjuku eki), from the series "Scenery of Shinjuku (Gashu Shinjuku fukei)" was created by Oda Kazuma (織田一磨) in 1930.

Yes — Shinjuku Station (Shinjuku eki), from the series "Scenery of Shinjuku (Gashu Shinjuku fukei)" is part of the Scenery of Shinjuku series by Oda Kazuma.

Shinjuku Station (Shinjuku eki), from the series "Scenery of Shinjuku (Gashu Shinjuku fukei)" uses Lithograph, on color lithograph.

Shinjuku Station (Shinjuku eki), from the series "Scenery of Shinjuku (Gashu Shinjuku fukei)" depicts urban scenes and travel scenes.