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Ryounkaku Tower

[ 1900s Japan - Japans First Skyscraper, Tokyo ] Asakusa Park at Tokyo. In the background Ryounkaku () can be seen. It was Japans very first skyscraper, better known as Asakusa Junikai (, Asakusa Twelve Stories). Designed by Scottish engineer W. K. Burton, the tower was completed in 1890 (Meiji 23). It housed Japans first electric elevator. 20th century vintage postcard.

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Ryounkaku Tower

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[ 1900s Japan - Japans First Skyscraper, Tokyo ] Asakusa Park at Tokyo. In the background Ryounkaku () can be seen. It was Japans very first skyscraper, better known as Asakusa Junikai (, Asakusa Twelve Stories). Designed by Scottish engineer W. K. Burton, the tower was completed in 1890 (Meiji 23). It housed Japans first electric elevator. 20th century vintage postcard.

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Album / Duits / MeijiShowa

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3508 x 2268 px | 22.8 MB

Print size:

29.7 x 19.2 cm | 11.7 x 7.6 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

1900S • 20TH CENTURY • AMUSEMENT • ARCHITECTURE • ARCHIVAL • ASAKUSA PARK • ASAKUSA • ASIA • ASIAN • BUILDINGS & STRUCTURES • BUILDINGS • CITIES • CITY VIEWS • CULTURE • DIVERSION • DIVERTISSEMENT • EDWARDIAN PERIOD • ENTERTAINMENT • ENTERTAINMENTS • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • JAPAN • JAPANESE • LEISURE • MEIJI PERIOD • MEIJI • OLD JAPAN • RETRO • RYOUNKAKU • TOKYO • TOWERS • TRADITIONAL JAPAN • VINTAGE JAPAN • VINTAGE • WILLIAM K. BURTON