True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Kinokuni Hill, Akasaka
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.
Kinokuni Hill in Akasaka — a gentle rise in the high city's residential terrain associated with the Edo-period domain of the Kishu Tokugawa — is depicted here in one of Yasuji's quieter topographic views. By the Meiji period the area was transitioning from aristocratic estate lands to new government and residential uses, its parklike character preserved even as the institutional landscape around it changed. Yasuji's view captures the hill within its urban setting, the gradual topography of the yamanote providing a visual counterpoint to his many flatland canal views.
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: Kinokuni Hill, Akasaka was created by Inoue Yasuji (井上安治).
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Kinokuni Hill, Akasaka depicts urban scenes, set at Tokyo.