Shimizu Bunzō (清水文藏)
Shimizu Bunzō (清水文藏; fl. c. 1895 - 1896) was a Japanese cartographer and printer based in Tokyo. He published a map of the revised administrative divisions of the city following reforms in 1888 – 1889, but was best known for publishing ukiyo-e artists like Toyohara Kunichika (豊原国周).
AKA: 清水文藏
A modernized, hybrid city.
東京市實測明細全圖 – 附錄諸官衙并名所圖画及日本鐡道線路里程 / [Complete Detailed Survey Map of Tokyo Municipality – with illustrations of government offices and famous places, and course of Japanese railways appended].
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This is a striking and rare 1895 Shimizu Bunzō map of Tokyo, Japan, along with insets of Yokohama and the Japanese rail network. It was meant to highlight recent administrative changes, but also shows the combination of Japanese culture and outside influences that had come to characterize Tokyo by the mid to late Meiji era. (more details)