True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: The Nakasu Sandbar
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 Nakasu sandbar — a narrow strip of land that once divided the Sumida River near its southern reaches — was a famous pleasure district in the Edo period, lined with restaurants and entertainment establishments that served the city's appetite for outdoor leisure. By the Meiji period the sandbar had been largely removed as part of river improvement works, and Yasuji's view documents a landscape feature that was disappearing even as he observed it. The print is thus a record of geographical loss as much as urban documentation.
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 Nakasu Sandbar was created by Inoue Yasuji (井上安治).
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: The Nakasu Sandbar depicts urban scenes, rivers & lakes, and daily life, set at Tokyo.