True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Ariakero Restaurant, Imado
by Inoue Yasuji
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 Ariakero restaurant at Imado in the Asakusa district was one of the neighborhood establishments that Yasuji documented as part of his "True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo" series. Imado lay at the northern edge of Asakusa, a district of craftsmen, potters, and working-class residents whose local restaurants served the practical needs of the neighborhood rather than the appetites of pleasure-seeking visitors to the great Senso-ji temple nearby. Yasuji's view gives this modest commercial establishment the same careful pictorial attention he brought to the city's grandest monuments.
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Ariakero Restaurant, Imado was created by Inoue Yasuji (井上安治).
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Ariakero Restaurant, Imado depicts urban scenes, architecture, and food & drink, set at Tokyo.