Asakusa,telegraph bureau by Utagawa,Kuniteru Postcard

Scenic places in Tokyo Asakusa, telegraph bureau By Utagawa, Kuniteru. Tokyo meisho no zu Asakusa dera, denshinkyoku Japanese print shows exterior view in the Asakusa section of Tokyo showing the telegraph bureau and the Sensoji Temple with a pagoda in the background; a man, two women, and rickshaws in the foreground. Utagawa Kuniteru was born in Edo, and went by many names.He was a pupil of Kunisada and Toyokuni. Following his training he worked in the tradition of the Utagawa school, therefore he took up that name as well. He produced prints of a wide variety of subjects, including many showing Western influences on Japan.These represent the ongoing changes in Japan from the old Edo to the Meiji era, illustrating the beginning of industrialization in Japan.