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The Shōnan Railroad Starts Its Service — Sugiura Hisui, 1930
Sugiura Hisui · Shōnan Railroad opening poster, 1930
What it is
Sugiura Hisui’s poster announcing the opening of the Shōnan Railroad’s Yokohama–Uraga–Kanazawa–Tosu service.
Why it matters
A third Sugiura commission in this wing, each for a different infrastructural first — this is the last new rail line the house has sourced before the 1931 wall.
What to notice
The coastline rendered as a single confident sweeping line, the train reduced to its essential silhouette.
Another line, another clean announcement.
Provenance
- School
- Government Railways & Liner Posters (Japan)
- Designer
- Sugiura Hisui
- Format
- Transit poster
- Poster published
- Shōnan Railroad opening poster, 1930
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-17.
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan's resolution doesn't clear our floor for a physical print, so this piece is offered as a digital download only.
Size
$29.00
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