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"The collision of the modern and the traditional in the Japanese Empire at the turn of the century is perfectly illustrated in this 1913 woodblock map of Daihodou (Today the Kawakado, Shichika, and Tana Prefectures). The style clearly shows the influence of traditional woodblock prints, but with a marked simplification and depicting a thoroughly modern Japanese scene; Daihodou had only been in Japanese hands for some 35 years at this point, and the Kawakado-Tana railway, finished only a year before, is visible. This particular piece, annotated in English, was donated by the estate of Lord E.A. Blair, 1st Baron Blair, the noted Orientalist, commander of the Royal Burmese Police, and Ambassador to Japan."

-Description of a piece displayed in 2002 at the Anglo-Japanese Exhibition at the British Museum, commemorating one hundred years of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance.

Description
"The collision of the modern and the traditional in the Japanese Empire at the turn of the century is perfectly illustrated in this 1913 woodblock map of Daihodou (Today the Kawakado, Shichika, and Tana Prefectures). The style clearly shows the influence of traditional woodblock prints, but with a marked simplification and depicting a thoroughly modern Japanese scene; Daihodou had only been in Japanese hands for some 35 years at this point, and the Kawakado-Tana railway, finished only a year before, is visible. This particular piece, annotated in English, was donated by the estate of Lord E.A. Blair, 1st Baron Blair, the noted Orientalist, commander of the Royal Burmese Police, and Ambassador to Japan."

-Description of a piece displayed in 2002 at the Anglo-Japanese Exhibition at the British Museum, commemorating one hundred years of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance.