True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Distant View of Tsukiji-monzeki Temple
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.
Tsukiji-monzeki Temple — the great Jodo sect monastery in the Tsukiji district near Tokyo Bay — is seen here from a distance that allows Yasuji to situate it within the broader urban and maritime landscape. The monzeki designation indicated a temple headed by imperial family members, giving the institution exceptional prestige. By the Meiji period its extensive grounds were being reduced by new government policies separating Buddhism from the state, and Yasuji's view documents the temple's physical presence at this moment of institutional contraction.
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Distant View of Tsukiji-monzeki Temple was created by Inoue Yasuji (井上安治).
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Distant View of Tsukiji-monzeki Temple depicts urban scenes, landscapes, and temples & shrines, set at Tokyo.