True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Dokanyama Hill
by Inoue Yasuji
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Edo-Tokyo Museum
- Image courtesy of
- Edo-Tokyo Museum
Description
Several massive dark-trunked trees dominate the foreground, their foliage silhouetted near-black against a pale blue sky, framing a wide flat field that stretches to distant low mountains. A man in Western dress (dark coat and hat) stands at right beneath a small thatched-roof structure, facing away toward the open landscape; a small shrine or shed and a rustic trellis sit among the tree bases at left, with a sandy path curving through the grass. The palette is muted — tan field, soft greens, pale sky — with the tree trunks and foliage rendered in deep black-brown, giving the woodblock print, "True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Dokanyama Hill" by Inoue Yasuji, a quiet, still atmosphere.
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Frequently Asked Questions
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Dokanyama Hill was created by Inoue Yasuji (井上安治).
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Dokanyama Hill depicts urban scenes and landscapes.