True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Distant View of Sotosakurada
by Inoue Yasuji
Description
A distant view of Sotosakurada — the area outside the outer moat of the Imperial Palace compound — shows the open space and monumental scale of Meiji Tokyo's governmental center. The Sakurada Gate, site of the famous 1860 assassination of chief minister Ii Naosuke, had by Yasuji's time become part of the palace precinct, and the area around it was being transformed into the broad avenues and official buildings of a new capital. Yasuji's panoramic view conveys the spaciousness of this reimagined center of power.
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Frequently Asked Questions
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Distant View of Sotosakurada was created by Inoue Yasuji (井上安治).
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Distant View of Sotosakurada depicts landscapes, set at Tokyo.