Map of Shopping Streets in Village of Ishigaki During Meiji and Taisho Eras Drawn by Ota Seigi

Ota also drew a sketch of the shopping streets of the village, centered on Okawa (now the Okawa district in the city of Ishigaki), during the Meiji (1868-1912) and Taisho (1912-26) eras. The Koga Shoten branch office can be seen in the lower part of the sketch, to the right of center (the location of 5-ban, where the branch office was located, is given in the second picture). (Ref. 1)

 

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Images from Ota Seigi ga kaita "Omoide no wagashima" (Our Island of Memories, Drawn by Ota Seigi), a 2011 exhibition at the Yaeyama Museum, Ishigaki.

 

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Ref.1: Ota Seigi ga kaita "Omoide no wagashima" (Our Island of Memories, Drawn by Ota Seigi), a 2011 exhibition at the Yaeyama Museum, Ishigaki. (Planned exhibition materials for fiscal 2011.)

 

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