Tokyo's Meiji Shrine, flanked by 1930s-era automobiles that provide a fascinating period detail, is captured in this entry from Tokuriki's Historic Places series. The vintage cars date the print to the prewar era and add documentary value beyond its artistic merit. Published by Unsodo, this composition typically sells for $75-$250, with the historical automobiles making it particularly appealing to collectors interested in Showa-era Japan.
Meiji Shrine in Tokyo appears in this print from Tokuriki's "Famous Historic Places and Holy Places" series alongside the distinctive automobiles of the 1930s — vehicles whose period character precisely dates the image and gives it documentary as well as artistic value. The combination of Meiji Shrine's ancient-seeming Shinto architecture (actually completed in 1920) with the modernity of motorized traffic creates the kind of temporal juxtaposition that characterizes Tokuriki's most historically conscious works. The 1930s cars are now as historically distant as the shrine's architectural style seemed modern.
伏見稲荷
Woodblock print
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
Uji Byodoin no ichibu
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Meiji Shrine and 1930s Cars - Famous Historic Places and Holy Places was created by Tomikichiro Tokuriki (徳力富吉郎).
Yes — Meiji Shrine and 1930s Cars - Famous Historic Places and Holy Places is part of the Famous, Sacred and Historical Places series by Tomikichiro Tokuriki.
Meiji Shrine and 1930s Cars - Famous Historic Places and Holy Places uses Nishiki-e, Moku-hanga, and Kento, on woodblock print.
Meiji Shrine and 1930s Cars - Famous Historic Places and Holy Places was published by Unsodo.
Meiji Shrine and 1930s Cars - Famous Historic Places and Holy Places depicts temples & shrines.
