The Art Work Measure

40 ft (12.3 meters) and depicting the bustling life of Nihonbashi during Japan’s Edo era 200 years ago,

 this is just a small section of it, showing a busy part of Nihonbashi, lined with sellers and their noren curtains hanging above their stores, the work was created in 1805, sadly the name of the artist is unknown, but the work is known as “Kidaishouran,” to commemorate and remember their neighborhood, over 30 Nihonbashi-based businesses came together to create noren that symbolized their own identity,

 they were all hung along a 525-ft (160 m) underground passageway at Mitsukoshi-mae Station, effectively recreating the 200-year old picture scroll, the exhibition has since ended, and the noren taken down, but the project has been digitized and all the participating businesses and their noren can be found here, below are some from the project,

 Mandarin Oriental (designed by Malyco Mizumura / Tatsuya Sato / KENKEN)

 Clothing store Iwamiginzan Gungendo (in-house design)

Crest designers Shoryu Hatoba・Yohji Hatoba, what a shame that the artist and his studio will, it seems forever, be unknown.