True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: The Sea off Omori
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 sea off Omori — the shallow coastal district south of Tokyo Bay, famous for its nori seaweed cultivation — opens onto a wide flat horizon of water and sky, a maritime landscape of working life rather than scenic tourism. Omori's seaweed farmers worked the tidal shallows in small boats, harvesting the dark nori that was both a local industry and a beloved Tokyo food. Yasuji's view captures the working bay with his characteristic attention to the ordinary and unspectacular, the flat water and low horizon giving the composition a quiet expansiveness.
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
1940
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
Boshu Taikai
1925
Color woodblock print; oban
September 1931
Color woodblock print; oban
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: The Sea off Omori was created by Inoue Yasuji (井上安治).
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: The Sea off Omori depicts seascapes, set at Tokyo.