Nagoya Castle – Colourised

     

Here’s another postcard of Nagoya castle. What a fine scene it presents; all of the buildings are positively gleaming as though they’ve just been flossed. Disregarding the fact that the postcard looks obviously old, there are clues that suggest it dates from the early 1900′s.

The first thing to stand out are all those buildings. None of the buildings shown below escaped WWII bombing. And when rebuilding was completed in 1959, it was only the main tower and its attached, supporting tower that rose again. Also, I see the famous Golden Shachi on the roof are caged.

As vivid & pristine the artificially-coloured image is, there is something horribly wrong with it, and I’m not talking about the JCE watermark. I wonder if anyone can spot it?

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  • http://twitter.com/Tornadoes28 Jon L

    Is the picture inverted?

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=9800312 Travis Seifman

    The roofs should be blue-green oxidized copper color?

  • Anonymous

    That is exactly right! Both yourself & @Rekishinotabi (I saw the tweets) figured it out. I really did think it was going to be tough. It seems I underestimated everyone.

  • Anonymous

    I was searching for the “inverted” answer, but I’ll pay that, the colour of the roofs should be more of a pastel aqua colour.

  • http://twitter.com/ichigoichielove Lisa W

    Cor, I really like the postcards you’ve posted so far! I have a thing for vintage postcards/pictures/advertising as it is. It’s really interesting to see non-Western ones. I guess I’ll have to go to Nagoya castle now too. ;) Thanks for posting with Show Me Japan this week!

  • Robert ho

    I like the instructions you posted in this blog. In fact, right after my visit to Nagoya castle in last week, I am making this model (Doyuha 1/350) now. Thanks your efforts for guiding us into the beauty of Japanese castles.

  • Anonymous

    Hey! Thank you so much. So nice to hear. If you have any work-in-process pics, I’d love to see them.