About This Print
Scene showing the offices of Tokyo's first newspaper
Yomiuri shimbun 読売新聞社 on Kyobashi street in the Ginza district. The founder and first president of the
Yomiuri shimbun, Takashi Koyasu, was a confident of the members of the literary coterie Kenyūsha (Friends of the Inkstone) which
Takeuchi Keishū (1861-1942) belonged to. (See the
artist's biography for additional information.)
Waseda University Database Detail
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| タイトル | 京橋風景 読売新聞社・勧業場
| Kyobashi fukei Yomiuri shinbunsha, Kangyō-jō |
| 著者/作者 | 武内桂舟画 | Takeuchi Keishū |
| 内容記述 | 請求記号:文庫10 8436 | Request No.:Bunko10 8436 |
| キーワード | 西垣文庫・錦絵
| Nishigaki Bunko / Nishikie |
| 公開者 | 早稲田大学図書館 | |
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Yomiuri Shinbun Office December 1900
| Kyobashi Bridge with Yomiuri Shinbun office on right across bridge c. 1900
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Print Details
| IHL Catalog | #271 |
| Title | Kyobashi fukei Yomiuri shinbunsha, Kangyō-jō
京 橋 風 景 読 売 新 聞 社 ・ 勧 業 場
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| Series | Frontispiece illustration from the literary magazine Bungei kurabu |
Artist
| Takeuchi Keishū (1861-1942)
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Signature
| Keishū ga |
| Seal | |
| Publication Date | c. 1900
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| Publisher | unknown (likely Yomiuri Shinbun) |
| Impression | good |
| Colors | good |
| Condition | poor - soiling, paper imperfections (worm damage, thinning)
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| Genre | Meiji
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| Miscellaneous |
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| Format |
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| H x W Paper | 7 ¼ x 9 ½ in. (18.4 x 24.1 cm)
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| H x W Image | 6 ¼ x 8 ¼ in. (15.9 x 21 cm)
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| Collections This Print | Waseda University Library Rare Materials Collection Nishigaki bunko (collection) 10 8436; The Metropolitan Museum of Art JP3718
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| Reference Literature | |
