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.
The Matsuda establishment in the Kyobashi district — one of Tokyo's busiest commercial corridors running south from Nihonbashi — is depicted here in one of Yasuji's urban streetscape compositions. The Kyobashi area was undergoing rapid transformation in the Meiji period as brick buildings replaced the wooden merchant quarter of old Edo, and Yasuji's view captures this transitional character: old commercial patterns persisting even as the physical fabric of the street was rebuilt around them.
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Matsuda in the Kyobashi District was created by Inoue Yasuji (井上安治).
Matsuda in the Kyobashi District depicts urban scenes.