True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: The General Staff Office, Sakurada
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 General Staff Office at Sakurada — headquarters of the Imperial Japanese Army's strategic command, constructed in Western style in the new governmental quarter — is depicted here as one of the institutions reshaping the landscape of central Tokyo in the Meiji period. The militarization of the former daimyo estate lands around the palace was among the most visible transformations of the new capital, as Western-designed military buildings replaced the traditional Japanese architecture of the feudal order. Yasuji records this institutional landscape with his characteristic matter-of-fact precision.
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: The General Staff Office, Sakurada was created by Inoue Yasuji (井上安治).
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: The General Staff Office, Sakurada depicts urban scenes, snow scenes, and architecture, set at Tokyo.