Fujimori Shizuo 藤森静雄 (1891-1943)
Distant View of Nikolai Cathedral (Nikorai enbō ニコライ遠謀)
Series: One Hundred Views of New Tokyo (Shin Tōkyō hyakkei 新東京百景)
Date: September 1929
Signature: Fujimori sei
Publisher: Sōsaku Hanga Kurabu (Nakajima Jūtarō)
Nikolai Cathedral is the center of the Russian Orthodox Church in Japan. Its founding father Ioan Kasatkin Nikolai (1836-1912), an ardent missionary, established several churches throughout Japan. The cathedral was built by the architect Josiah Condor, using a design by a Russian artist. It was completed in 1884.