True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: The Square Next to Makurabashi Bridge, Honjo
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 square next to Makurabashi Bridge in Honjo was one of the small public spaces that punctuated the working-class geography of the eastern lowlands, its open area providing breathing room within the dense residential fabric of the district. Yasuji's view of this modest urban space reflects his interest in the ordinary social geography of Tokyo, the everyday places — a bridge square, a street corner, a canal embankment — that gave the city its lived character. The print is among his quieter compositions, notable for its attention to the unremarkable.
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: The Square Next to Makurabashi Bridge, Honjo was created by Inoue Yasuji (井上安治).
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: The Square Next to Makurabashi Bridge, Honjo depicts landscapes and bridges, set at Tokyo.