The Bureau of Industry Building at Kammeidome

Depicting the Bureau of Industry — one of the Meiji government's flagship institutions for promoting industrialization — at Kammeidome, this print records a significant architectural landmark of the state-directed modernization program. Kiyochika renders the Western-influenced brick or stone structure with the precise tonal gradations that distinguish his approach from earlier [meisho-e](/glossary/meisho-e) traditions. The Kammeidome area of Tokyo, situated in the eastern lowlands, provided a relatively flat compositional ground that Kiyochika animates through sky treatment and the contrast between traditional surroundings and the building's modern profile. The Bureau of Industry oversaw the development of factories, railways, and telegraph networks, making this structure emblematic of Meiji transformation. The print likely appeared as part of Kiyochika's ongoing documentation of the new Tokyo, balancing reportorial accuracy with atmospheric rendering.