True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Nakamise Shops, Asakusa
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.
The Nakamise shopping arcade at Asakusa — the long approach avenue leading from the Kaminarimon thunder gate to the great Senso-ji temple — was the commercial heart of the city's most popular entertainment district. Yasuji depicts the Nakamise with its rows of small shops selling temple souvenirs, traditional sweets, and devotional goods, the arcade crowded with pilgrims and pleasure-seekers alike. The print captures one of the most recognizable urban scenes in all of Tokyo, a space that had changed little from its Edo origins even as the city transformed around it.
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: Nakamise Shops, Asakusa was created by Inoue Yasuji (井上安治).
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Nakamise Shops, Asakusa depicts urban scenes and temples & shrines, set at Tokyo, Asakusa.