True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Yaomatsu Restaurant, Koume
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 Yaomatsu restaurant at Koume in the eastern lowlands was one of the riverside eating establishments that catered to pleasure-seekers visiting the quiet gardens and cherry trees of the Sumida River's eastern bank. Koume was associated with the slower pace of riverside leisure, its restaurants offering seasonal cuisine and views of the water to visitors escaping the density of the city center. Yasuji's documentation of this establishment places it within his broader survey of the social geography of Meiji Tokyo, where eating and leisure were as much a part of the city's character as its bridges and temples.
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: Yaomatsu Restaurant, Koume was created by Inoue Yasuji (井上安治).
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Yaomatsu Restaurant, Koume depicts urban scenes, cherry blossoms, and rivers & lakes, set at Tokyo.