True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: View of Shin-Yoshiwara Licensed Quarter
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 Shin-Yoshiwara Licensed Quarter — the great government-regulated entertainment district in the northern reaches of Asakusa — is depicted here as an urban landscape rather than an interior scene, Yasuji's view taking in the district's distinctive geography of long straight streets and carefully organized blocks. The Yoshiwara had been the center of Edo's pleasure quarter for two centuries and continued to function into the Meiji period under revised regulations, its famous willow-lined approaches and walled enclosure visible in Yasuji's composition as a peculiar architectural form within the broader city.
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: View of Shin-Yoshiwara Licensed Quarter was created by Inoue Yasuji (井上安治).
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: View of Shin-Yoshiwara Licensed Quarter depicts urban scenes, landscapes, and snow scenes, set at Tokyo.