True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Kandagawa River and Surugadai
by Inoue Yasuji
Description
The Kandagawa River flows through the heart of central Tokyo, and the view from the Surugadai heights above its southern bank was one of the classic urban prospects of old Edo. Yasuji depicts this well-known view with his characteristic fresh eye, avoiding the visual clichés of older topographic prints in favor of a clear, immediate observation of the river, the embankments, and the city beyond. The Surugadai plateau was associated with the samurai class in the Edo period and was rapidly being transformed by new educational institutions in the Meiji era.
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Frequently Asked Questions
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Kandagawa River and Surugadai was created by Inoue Yasuji (井上安治).
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Kandagawa River and Surugadai depicts landscapes and rivers & lakes, set at Tokyo.