True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: The Railroad at Takanawa
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 railroad at Takanawa — the section of Japan's first railway line running along the shore of Tokyo Bay in the southern district — is depicted here as one of the defining images of Meiji modernization. The Shinbashi-Yokohama railway, opened in 1872, ran along a sea wall at Takanawa where reclaimed land had been created for the tracks, the train moving between the bay and the coastal bluffs in a setting that combined natural beauty with industrial novelty. Yasuji captures this new landscape of the railway age with the same documentary clarity he brought to the city's ancient bridges and shrines.
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 Railroad at Takanawa was created by Inoue Yasuji (井上安治).
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: The Railroad at Takanawa depicts urban scenes, seascapes, and travel scenes, set at Tokyo.