Streetcars at Ueno Sanashi
by Inoue Yasuji
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
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.
Streetcars at Ueno Sanashi captures one of the most visible symbols of Meiji modernization — the electric streetcar — in the busy cultural district around Ueno Park. Yasuji renders the new technology with the same clear documentary eye he applied to Edo's canals and bridges, treating the tram lines as simply the latest addition to the city's layered infrastructure. The scene records a moment of genuine urban transformation when mechanical mass transit was reshaping the rhythms and geography of everyday Tokyo life.
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Streetcars at Ueno Sanashi was created by Inoue Yasuji (井上安治).
Streetcars at Ueno Sanashi depicts urban scenes, set at Ueno.