東京名所 淺草廣小路
Asakusa Hirokoji, from Famous Places in Tokyo
Pairs of lines run straight into the distance down a wide street veiled in haze. Puddles shine in the foreground, and on the left a box-shaped cart has been set down, with a person in a dark blue kimono standing beside it.
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A pinkish haze wraps the wide street. From the right foreground, pairs of lines stretch away into the distance. In the middle on the left is a box-shaped cart with its two long shafts lowered to the ground, and to its right stands a person in a dark blue kimono. In the haze at the back, the shadow of a large triangular roof and a line of people are dimly visible.
The Tokyo Horse Railway's line reached Asakusa in 1882. It opened between Shinbashi and Nihonbashi in June that year, and before the year was out, a line ran from Nihonbashi around through Ueno and Asakusa. The catalog record, however, dates this series to 1877.
Follow those lines into the distance, and where they end, a single cart with a darkish roof is dimly visible in the haze. It is far smaller than the box-shaped cart in front, and it is drawn directly below the shadow of the large triangular roof.
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- Source title
- 『東京名所.[3]』（明治10年）
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- National Diet Library, Japan
- Why it's free to use
- Copyright expired (public domain)
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- Made
- 149+ years ago
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