Fujimi Ferry at Honjo, from
by Inoue Yasuji
Description
A small ferry crossing at Fujimi in the Honjo district of Edo, captured in Inoue Yasuji's characteristically clear and observational style. The print belongs to his celebrated "True Views of Tokyo" series documenting the city's waterways and neighborhoods during Japan's rapid Meiji transformation. Flat-bottomed river craft, figures on the bank, and the low horizon of the eastern lowlands give the scene a quiet, workaday dignity that distinguishes Yasuji's work from the more dramatic compositions of his teacher Kobayashi Kiyochika.
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Fujimi Ferry at Honjo, from was created by Inoue Yasuji (井上安治).
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