Inoue Yasuji

Medium:: Woodblock print
Format:: Oban
Source:: ukiyo-e.org

Description

A work attributed to or associated with Inoue Yasuji himself, this print may represent a self-referential document, a memorial piece, or a record connected to the artist's brief but celebrated career. Yasuji died in 1889 at only twenty-five years of age, leaving behind a body of work that stands as an irreplaceable visual record of Meiji Tokyo. Whatever its precise subject, the print carries the quiet historical weight of an artist whose talent was extinguished at the threshold of full maturity.

More Prints by Inoue Yasuji

The Emperor Meiji and Empress in a Carriage during their Silver Wedding Anniversary Celebration at Aoyama

True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Taro Inari Shrine in Asakusa-tanbo

Woodblock print

True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: The Burnt Remains of Ryogokubashi Bridge

Woodblock print

True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: The Destruction of Hisamatsucho in a Fire that Started in Kanda

Woodblock print

More Urban Scenes Prints

A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Kiyonaga's Pipe (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Kiyonaga no kiseru)

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View of Kabuki Theater from Matsuya (Ginza Matsuya yori Kabukiza), no. 3 from the series "Pictures of Ginza, First Series (Gashu Ginza dai isshu)"

1928

Color lithograph

Distant View of Mitsukoshi Movie Theater in Shinjuku from the Sixth Floor of Hoteiya (Hoteiya rokkai kara Shinjuku Mitsukoshi Musashi no kan enbo zu), no. 1 from the series "Scenery of Shinjuku (Gashu Shinjuku fukei)"

1930

Color lithograph

Spring Dusk at the Tōshō Shrine in Ueno

1948

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Frequently Asked Questions

Inoue Yasuji was created by Inoue Yasuji (井上安治).

Inoue Yasuji depicts urban scenes and portraits.