True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Off the Coast at Shinagawa
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 sea off Shinagawa — the bay view from Tokyo's southern port district, once the first maritime gateway into Edo — offers a wide horizon of water, boats, and the distant smudge of the Boso Peninsula across the bay. Shinagawa was a historic post town on the Tokaido highway and remained an active port well into the Meiji period, its fishing fleets and merchant vessels giving the offshore view a lively character. Yasuji's composition captures the openness of the bay, a relief from the enclosed canal scenes that dominate his urban 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: Off the Coast at Shinagawa was created by Inoue Yasuji (井上安治).
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Off the Coast at Shinagawa depicts landscapes and seascapes, set at Tokyo.