![[Western Games] by Inoue Yasuji — Japanese Woodblock print](https://data.ukiyo-e.org/famsf/images/3306201405530023.jpg)
[Western Games]
by Inoue Yasuji
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
Description
Western games — the recreational forms imported from Europe and America as part of Japan's Meiji modernization — are depicted here in a print that documents the cultural curiosity and social ambition of the era's embrace of foreign customs. The adoption of Western sports and games was part of a broader project of cultural transformation, and Yasuji's documentation of these activities places them alongside his topographic views of buildings and infrastructure as evidence of the comprehensive change reshaping Japanese society. The print offers a glimpse of the social dimension of modernization.
More Prints by Inoue Yasuji
The Emperor Meiji and Empress in a Carriage during their Silver Wedding Anniversary Celebration at Aoyama
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: Taro Inari Shrine in Asakusa-tanbo
Woodblock print
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: The Burnt Remains of Ryogokubashi Bridge
Woodblock print
True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo: The Destruction of Hisamatsucho in a Fire that Started in Kanda
Woodblock print
More Figures Prints
Frequently Asked Questions
[Western Games] was created by Inoue Yasuji (井上安治).
[Western Games] depicts figures and daily life.