東洋唯一の地下鉄道　上野浅草間開通 “Tokyo Underground Railway Opening — Ueno to Asakusa”

In celebration of opening Toky’s first subway segment (from Asakusa to Ueno), Sugiura Hisui (1876-1965) designed this poster to commemorate the milestone of urban modernization at the time. Sugiura has studied Western art and design in Europe and came back to Japan to advance the poster art in Japan.