About This Print

The artist's rendering of the old Karuizawa Station built in 1910 and closed c. 1999 to make way for the new station handling high speed shinkansen services from Tokyo. The old building was relocated and turned into a museum. Recently, their has been discussion of using the building for "new station facilities."1

¹ https://www.japanstation.com/karuizawa-station-to-develop-childrens-theme-park-revive-meiji-era-station-building/

 The old and new train stations servicing Karuizawa

Print Details

IHL Catalog	#2012
Title	Karuizawa Station 軽井沢駅
Series	untitled series of buildings around Karuizawa
Artist	Koga Misao (act. c. 1980s)
Signature	Misao Koga in pencil
Seal	artist's み (Mi) seal
Publication Date	undated (estimated c. 1970/1980)
Publisher	unknown
Printer	likely self-printed
Impression	excellent
Colors	excellent
Condition	excellent - tipped into original paper mat
Genre	sosaku-hanga (creative print)
Miscellaneous
Format	chuban
H x W Paper	5 11/16 x 8 in. (14.4 x 20.3 cm)
H x W Image	5 x 7 1/16 in. (12.7 x 17.9 cm)
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last revision:
3/14/2019 created