True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Shinzaka Hill, Ueno
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.
Shinzaka Hill in Ueno — one of the slopes leading up to the park plateau from the lower commercial districts — is depicted here in a composition that captures the topographic drama of the yamanote, where the high city's hills provided natural boundaries and visual interest. Ueno was one of Yasuji's most frequently documented territories, the park and its surrounding neighborhoods offering an inexhaustible range of subjects from the formal museum buildings to the informal life of the hill's slopes and stairs.
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: Shinzaka Hill, Ueno was created by Inoue Yasuji (井上安治).
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Shinzaka Hill, Ueno depicts urban scenes, set at Tokyo, Ueno.