48, Tanaka Tsurukichi
by Inoue Yasuji
- Date:
- February 1889
- Medium:
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 35.6 × 23.8 cm
- Source:
by Inoue Yasuji
$1,000–$8,000. Common views: $1,000–$2,500. Key value factors: Inoue's Meiji-era Tokyo views, influenced by his teacher Kiyochika, have both artistic and historical value. His early death makes works scarce.
A portrait print of Tanaka Tsurukichi, published in February 1889 — one of the final months of Yasuji's brief life. Executed in nishiki-e polychrome woodblock technique with ink and color on paper, the work exemplifies the artist's facility with figure subjects alongside his more celebrated cityscapes. Tanaka Tsurukichi was a prominent Meiji-era military and political figure, and this print likely belonged to a series of contemporary portrait subjects that Yasuji produced alongside his landscape documentation of Tokyo.
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
48, Tanaka Tsurukichi was created by Inoue Yasuji (井上安治) in February 1889.
48, Tanaka Tsurukichi depicts figures and portraits.
48, Tanaka Tsurukichi measures 35.6 × 23.8 cm (Oban format).
