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Title
Tokyo Station Hotel Dining Room Postcard
Subject
Tokyo Station Hotel
Description
Color. 1/3 Divided back. Not-circulated postcard.
Creator
Tokyo Station Hotel Branch of Seiyoken
Publisher
Tokyo Kyoseisha Print
Date
1915 - February 28, 1918
Contributor
Akira Yang and Yufei Zhao
Format
3.5"x5.5"
Language
English and Japanese
Type
Postcard
Postcards Item Type Metadata
Cataloger
Akira Yang and Yufei Zhao
Original Title
Tokyo Station Hotel, “Dining Room”
Condition
Good condition, slightly worn at the edges
Illustration Type
Ink illustration, Collage Illustration
Graphic Description
Photo side/front side:
Two black-and-white photographs, one of Tokyo Station Hotel's dining room and one of Tokyo Station Hotel's exterior appearance, are printed on the surface. Two red rose blossoms and two red rose buds are sketched between the two photographs with glinting silvery ink. On the top of the card, graffiti of a man riding a horse is printed in glinting golden ink.
Back side:
White butterfly-like dots are painted. 2/3 of the space is reserved for the address. 1/3 of the space is reserved for a message. No written words nor stamps are on the backside.
Two black-and-white photographs, one of Tokyo Station Hotel's dining room and one of Tokyo Station Hotel's exterior appearance, are printed on the surface. Two red rose blossoms and two red rose buds are sketched between the two photographs with glinting silvery ink. On the top of the card, graffiti of a man riding a horse is printed in glinting golden ink.
Back side:
White butterfly-like dots are painted. 2/3 of the space is reserved for the address. 1/3 of the space is reserved for a message. No written words nor stamps are on the backside.
Front Transcription
Dining Room Shokudō (dining room)
Back Transcription
Yūbin hakaki (post card)
CARTE POSTALE
TOKYO STATION HOTEL BRANCH OF SEIYOKEN
TEL.NA.HONKYOKU 622.2262.4970 1357.5190.L.D.
TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS "STATION HO"
Tokyo Kyoseisha Print
CARTE POSTALE
TOKYO STATION HOTEL BRANCH OF SEIYOKEN
TEL.NA.HONKYOKU 622.2262.4970 1357.5190.L.D.
TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS "STATION HO"
Tokyo Kyoseisha Print
Stamp
No
Postmark
No
Physical Dimensions
3.5"x5.5"
Printed Text Language
English and Japanese
Date Published
1915 - February 28, 1918
Place Published
Tokyo
Circulated
Not circulated
Curatorial Note
The Tokyo Station Hotel is in the Tokyo Central Station. It was opened in 1915 and decorated in the European style that displayed splendid architecture and state-of-the-art facilities to thousands of foreign guests. Overall, the hotel embodied Japan's social and cultural globalization and modernization efforts in the early 20th century.
Motif
Tokyo, Tokyo Station Hotel
Decade
1910s
Era
Taishō Period (7/30/1912 - 12/25/1926), WW1 (6/28/1914 - 11/11/1918)
Printer
Tokyo Kyoseisha Print