by Inoue Yasuji
"True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Tenno-ji Temple, Yanaka" is a Meiji/Taisho prints landscape print by Inoue Yasuji, created during the Meiji period. This atmospheric composition captures a specific place and moment with the poetic sensibility that characterizes the finest Japanese landscape prints.
Inoue Yasuji brings characteristic attention to atmospheric conditions and seasonal nuance, using the woodblock medium's capacity for subtle color gradation to create a landscape that feels both specific to its location and universal in its emotional resonance.
This print represents Inoue Yasuji's contribution to the Meiji/Taisho prints tradition during the Meiji period. As with all works by this artist, it reflects both individual artistic vision and the broader cultural moment in which it was created. For collectors and admirers of Japanese printmaking, it offers a window into the sophisticated aesthetic world that produced some of the most beloved images in art history.
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
伏見稲荷
Woodblock print
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
Uji Byodoin no ichibu
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Tenno-ji Temple, Yanaka was created by Inoue Yasuji (井上安治).
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Tenno-ji Temple, Yanaka depicts temples & shrines.