During the Meiji period (1868-1912), the mountain resort of Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, became a popular destination for foreign visitors to Japan, especially after a railway service to Nikkō was established in 1890. Two of Japan’s earliest Western-style hotels were founded there in 1873 and 1888 respectively, to cater to foreign customers. Photographs of the sights at Nikkō were hugely popular souvenirs, as were the rather more upmarket textile versions. (Exhibition number 29)
Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 9 November 2012-27 January 2013, Threads of Silk and Gold: Ornamental Textiles from Meiji Japan, Clare Pollard, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2012), no. 29 p. 143, foreword & p. 143
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