Kobayashi Kiyochika, Shin-Ōhashi Bridge in the Rain, Tokyo, 1876
Kobayashi Kiyochika, Shin-Ōhashi Bridge in the Rain, Tokyo, 1876

Setting the scene · Tokyo, 1870s

Edo becomes Tokyo

In 1868 the shogunate fell. The teenage emperor moved into Edo Castle, and the city was renamed Tokyo, the eastern capital.

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