Koume, from
by Inoue Yasuji
Description
Koume was a riverside district along the Sumida in the eastern lowlands of Edo, known for its market gardens, plum orchards, and the slow pace of life on the city's watery eastern margins. Yasuji's view of the area belongs to his careful documentation of neighborhoods that retained much of their Edo character even as the Meiji transformation reshaped the city center. The print captures the quiet green world of the riverine edge city, soon to be absorbed by industrial expansion and urban densification.
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
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True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: The Burnt Remains of Ryogokubashi Bridge
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True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: The Destruction of Hisamatsucho in a Fire that Started in Kanda
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More Urban Scenes Prints
A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo: Kiyonaga's Pipe (Edo zumi hyaku shoku: Kiyonaga no kiseru)
Woodblock print
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
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Frequently Asked Questions
Koume, from was created by Inoue Yasuji (井上安治).
Koume, from depicts urban scenes, cherry blossoms, and rivers & lakes.