By KUNIHIRO HAYASHI/ Staff Writer
October 26, 2021 at 07:00 JST
This ukiyo-e print by Utagawa Hiroshige III, titled “Steam Locomotive Train Running near the Sea at Shinagawa, Tokyo,” shows how a train of the cited type ran on the Takanawa Embankment. (Provided by the Minato City Local History Museum)
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