True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: The Temporary Palace at Akasaka
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 Temporary Palace at Akasaka was the Imperial residence while the main palace buildings were under reconstruction, its grounds in the high city's most prestigious residential zone serving as the imperial household's temporary home. Yasuji depicts the palace buildings with his characteristic attention to architectural form and setting, documenting the temporary arrangements of a government in the midst of a vast program of institutional construction. The Akasaka area was the height of fashionable Meiji Tokyo, and the temporary palace occupied some of its most valuable real estate.
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 Temporary Palace at Akasaka was created by Inoue Yasuji (井上安治).
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: The Temporary Palace at Akasaka depicts urban scenes and architecture, set at Tokyo.