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One sheet vintage Japanese travel poster promotes
Tanzawa Quasi-National Park and was produced for the Odakyu Railway (Odakyu Electric Railway) during the 1960s [1].
Poster Details
Artist: The artwork is attributed to Takehiko Miyanaga (1919–1987), a renowned Japanese painter famous for his "bijin-ga" (paintings of beautiful women).
Subject: It features a woman looking back in surprise against a backdrop of a snow-capped mountain range, likely representing the Tanzawa Mountains in the Kanto region [1, 3].
Text Breakdown:
(Kokutei K?en): Quasi-National Park.
(Tanzawa): The name of the park and mountain range.
(Odakyu): The railway company serving the area.
Lower text: Lists specific train stations for access: Hadano, Shibusawa, and Shin-Matsuda [1].
Context & Rarity
These posters were created to encourage domestic tourism from Tokyo (Shinjuku) to the scenic outdoors [1]. Today, original prints from this era are considered rare collector's items and have been featured in exhibitions celebrating mid-century Japanese graphic design [1, 3]. |
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