金城商會
Kinjo Shokai
Under large letters set in an arc, an arched window opens. This is the front of a shop selling photographic equipment, with the whole building treated like a signboard.
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Large letters arranged in an arc frame the very top of the front. Below them opens a large arched window, and on either side of it, long rounded ornaments are stacked one above another. On the ground floor, a long horizontal sign and what looks like a display window or an entrance can be seen.
The table of contents lists it as "金城寫眞器械店" (Kinjo Photographic Equipment Shop), and under the photo it is "金城商會" (Kinjo Shokai). The shop dealt in photographic equipment. The book sees it as a piece of shop architecture that treats the whole building like a signboard, and adds that the Expressionist-style window works well as the ornament at the center.
Look into the arched window: thin glazing bars run up, down and across, dividing the glass into small squares. Only the top row curves round to follow the shape of the arch.
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- Source title
- 『東京銀座商店建築写真集 : 評入』（昭和4年）
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- National Diet Library, Japan
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- Copyright expired (public domain)
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- Taken
- 97+ years ago
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