Sendai Moat, Fukagawa, from
by Inoue Yasuji
Description
The Sendai Moat in the Fukagawa district of eastern Tokyo was part of the elaborate canal system that defined the geography of old Edo, connecting the city's merchant and artisan quarters to the bay. Yasuji depicts this quiet backwater with the same attentiveness he brings to the city's more celebrated landmarks, treating the ordinary infrastructure of the working city as worthy of pictorial documentation. The moat's still water, lined banks, and glimpsed district buildings compose one of his characteristically unassuming but historically valuable views.
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Sendai Moat, Fukagawa, from was created by Inoue Yasuji (井上安治).
Sendai Moat, Fukagawa, from depicts urban scenes, boats & ships, and rivers & lakes.