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Stations in Old Photos and Ukiyo-e Prints
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About this collection
Stations and railways, from woodblock prints of the early Meiji era to photographs from its last years. The prints date from around 1872, when Japan's first railway opened between Shinbashi and Yokohama, and steam trains were still a rare sight.
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Steam Trains in Woodblock Prints
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi's "Steam Railway at Takanawa (Triptych)" was made in 1871, before the railway even opened. "Waiting at Shiodome Station (Triptych)," published two years later, also shows a board that seems to list the fares.
Shinbashi and Ueno in Photographs
"Shinbashi Station" was the starting point of Japan's first railway. "Ueno Station" appears to show the brick station building put up in 1885. The Ueno building, once busy with travelers arriving from Tohoku in the north, also burned in the Great Kanto Earthquake.
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Railway Scenes on the Old Tokaido
Utagawa Hiroshige III worked railway scenes into his prints of Meiji-era post towns on the Tokaido. "Railway over the Rokugo River, Kawasaki" shows a railway bridge, and "Waiting for the Steam Train, Kanagawa" shows a bridge over the tracks and the station. That bridge is today's Aoki Bridge.
Based on the National Diet Library's catalog records and our notes on each image.Published
Old photos: 14 · Woodblock prints: 12
