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Maker(s):Onchi Koshiro
Culture:Japanese (1891-1955)
Title:Ueno Zoo (Ueno Dobutsuen) from '15 Scenes of Last Tokyo in Original Wood-cut' (Tokyo kaiko zue)
Date Made:1945 (Showa 20)
Type:Print
Materials:woodblock print
Measurements:Sheet: 7 7/8 in x 11 1/8 in; 20.0025 cm x 28.2575 cm
Accession Number:  AC 2008.63.8
Credit Line:Purchase with William K. Allison (Class of 1920) Memorial Fund
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Label Text:
The first Western-style zoo in Japan opened in Ueno in 1882. It first displayed native species, but by the end of the Meiji era, it housed animals from around the world. The zoo survived the Great Kanto- Earthquake unscathed; however, most of the animals were slaughtered during the Second World War. The zoo reopened in 1946 and was one of the most popular attractions for the residents of the city in the postwar era.
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15 Scenes of Last Tokyo in Original Wood-cut (Tokyo kaiko zue)
1945 (Showa 20)
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