東京名所三十六戯撰 高なわ
Takanawa, from Thirty-six Comic Views of Famous Places in Tokyo
Under a wide sky, a crowd of people jostles on green ground. Beyond them, a long, narrow shape in dark green and red crosses the water.
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The upper half is pale sky, blurring into red near the horizon. On the horizon sit a large ship under sail and a few small white sails. Across the water in the middle runs a long shape in dark green and red, with a row of arch-like openings beneath it. On the green ground in front, a crowd of people mills about.
When Japan's first railway opened between Shinbashi and Yokohama in 1872, an embankment was built out in the sea along the shore at Takanawa, the place in the title, and the tracks were laid on top of it. It ran about 2.6 kilometers, from Honshiba to Shinagawa. In 2021, the remains of this Takanawa Embankment (Takanawa Chikutei) were added to a national Historic Site, the "Site of the Former Shinbashi Station and the Takanawa Embankment."
Take a closer look at the large ship on the horizon: several masts stand up, and the yards crossing them are stacked in thin lines, tier upon tier. Next to the small white-sailed boats around it, it is by far the biggest ship.
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- Source title
- 『東京名所三十六戯撰』（1872年）
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- National Diet Library, Japan
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- Copyright expired (public domain)
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- 154+ years ago
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