True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: View of the One Hundred Piles at Ryogoku
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 view of the "One Hundred Piles" at Ryogoku shows the great timber embankment along the Sumida River's western bank at the famous entertainment district, its repeated wooden stakes stretching along the water's edge to create one of Edo's most recognizable riverscape landmarks. The piles were part of the flood defense and embankment structure of the river, their serried forms providing both visual rhythm and structural function. Yasuji's view captures the piles from the river, the embankment rising against the backdrop of the Ryogoku district beyond.
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: View of the One Hundred Piles at Ryogoku was created by Inoue Yasuji (井上安治).
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: View of the One Hundred Piles at Ryogoku depicts landscapes, set at Tokyo.