True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: The Temporary Palace at Akasaka
by Inoue Yasuji
Description
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.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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.