銀坐
Ginza
A clock tower, with a slender spire rising straight into the sky from its black dome. To its right, a street runs off into the distance along a row of green trees.
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A building with a clock tower is drawn large on the left. The top of the tower is a black dome with a slender spire at its peak. Below is a two-story building that looks like gray stone, its windows edged in black. On the right, a street runs back along green trees, with buildings lined up at the far end. Above spreads a pale peach sky.
Ginza, written on the label with a different character for "za," changed greatly in the early Meiji years. After a great fire in 1872 burned everything from Ginza to Tsukiji, the government built a fireproof Western-style district of brick, the "Ginza Brick Town." Cherry, pine and other trees were planted along both sides of the main street.
Follow the tree-lined street back, and a single red vehicle can be seen among the green. Beyond it, whitish houses line the street far into the distance.
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- Source title
- 『東京名所帖』（1800年代）
- Held by
- National Diet Library, Japan
- Why it's free to use
- Copyright expired (public domain)
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- Made
- 120+ years ago (1800s)
- Added to site
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