Japanese Modernism Across Media

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Shin Tokyo Hyakkei

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Shin Tokyo Hyakkei

The mood in Asakusa in the late 1920s and early 1930s was most often described as “erotic grotesque nonsense,” reflecting the focus on hedonistic pleasures that attracted visitors to the district. Representative of the…

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Shin Tokyo Hyakkei

Nikolai Cathedral is the popular name for the headquarters of the Japanese Orthodox Church, constructed in 1891 in the Kanda district. The dome was badly damaged in the earthquake but was rebuilt by 1929. The cathedral was one…

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Shin Tokyo Hyakkei

Located on a rise on the north bank of the Kanda River near Suidōbashi Station, Motomachi Park was one of fifty-two small parks constructed after the earthquake to provide safe open spaces in the case of another disaster. The…

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