Meiji+Restoration

The Meiji Restoration

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Source: Illustration of the Prosperity of Ginza, Tokyo's Brick Masonry / Illustration of a Shinbashi Railway Steam Locomotive Painted by Utagawa Kuniteru II 1873 (Meiji 6) Tokyo Shiryō 0422-C35 = = =**Image C: Steam Train Between Tokyo and Yokohama **=
 * Background: ** This is a top and bottom work showing the rail line and the area of Ginza that were characteristic of civilization and enlightenment. The upper painting depicts a steam locomotive departing the Shinbashi station platform for Yokohama and the lower painting, by the fact that the Matsuda restaurant can be seen, depicts a street in Ginza 1-chome.



//"Steam train between Tokyo and Yokohama" by Utagawa Hiroshige I ////II, 1875 [2000.549] Massachusetts ////Institute of Technology © 2008 Visualizing Cultures //

//"True View of Prosperity: Roundtrip River Steamship Service of the ////Ryōgok Transportation Company" by Utagawa Shigekiyo, 1877 [2000.528a-c] ////Massachusetts Institute of Technology © 2008 Visualizing Cultures //
 * Image D: True View of Prosperity: Roundtrip River Steamship ****Service of the Ryōgok Transportation Company **