True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Night View of Sumidagawa River
by Inoue Yasuji
by Inoue Yasuji
$1,000–$8,000. Snow and night scenes tend to command premium prices for this artist. 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 night view of the Sumidagawa River — the great artery of old Edo, its black water crossed by bridges and worked by boats even after dark — is one of Yasuji's most atmospheric compositions. The river at night had a particular quality in Edo culture: mysterious, liminal, associated with both pleasure and danger, the crossing point between the respectable city and its transgressive margins. Yasuji renders the nocturnal river with a quiet simplicity, the dark water and dim lights creating a mood of urban contemplation that goes beyond mere topographic documentation.
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Night View of Sumidagawa River was created by Inoue Yasuji (井上安治).
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Night View of Sumidagawa River depicts landscapes, rivers & lakes, and night scenes, set at Tokyo, Sumida River.