The Tsukiji Hotel in the Eastern Capital (Tokyo)

Object Details

• Artist

  Utagawa Hiroshige III 歌川広重三世 (1843-1894)

• Label

  The Tusjukiji Hotel was Tokyo's first Western-style hotel. Built along the shore with a large, landscaped garden, the hotel was planned to attract foreigners who might stop there between Tokyo and Yokohama. The hotel was never, however, a great economic success, and just four years after its completion, it was completely demolished in a fire. The hotel building combined Western and Japanese architectural elements. This print focuses on the hotel garden.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Bequest of Florence Leonhart

• Type

  Print

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1890s, 1840s

• Name

  Utagawa, Hiroshige III

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Japanese Art, Birds-eye view, Gardens, Meiji era (1868 - 1912)

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Prints