Clark Parker

Asakusa Twelve stories interior diagram and balloon

An illustration and cross-section of the Asakusa Twelve stories, with Spencer, nearby, jumping off a balloon. This was the first “skyscraper” in Japan, and was destroyed in the big 1923 earthquake. See: Ad Balloons on the Ginza: Float, Young Advertisers! (1890-1989)

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