東京開化三十六景 寿る賀街三井組
Mitsui-gumi in Surugacho, from Thirty-six Views of Modern Tokyo
Seen from below, a white Western-style building carries a small tower on its roof. The Mitsui-gumi Exchange Bank in Surugacho mixed Japanese and Western styles.
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What look like red and white flags flutter at an angle beside a white Western-style building. The building is drawn as if seen from below, and balconies with black railings seem to jut from its white walls, which are lined with latticed windows. A small tower sits on the black roof, and below, a ground floor lined with white columns can be glimpsed.
At the government's request, the Mitsui firm (Mitsui-gumi) gave up its building at the foot of Kaiun Bridge, and instead built the "Kawase Bank Mitsui-gumi" (Mitsui-gumi Exchange Bank) in Surugacho. Completed in 1874, it was a three-story wooden building. A bronze shachihoko, a fish-shaped ornament, crowned the roof, while the entrance and balconies had Western-style columns and arched windows, a blend of Japanese and Western design.
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- Source title
- 『東京開化三十六景』（1800年代）
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- National Diet Library, Japan
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- Copyright expired (public domain)
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- Made
- 120+ years ago (1800s)
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