Japanese Woodblock Print, from the series "True Pictures of Famous Places in Tokyo" originally published between 1884 and 1889, this is a Showa era reprint from the original blocks published by Heibonsha

SIZE IN INCHES:13.75 x 4.6 inches

YASUJI INOUE (1864-1889) became a student of Kobayashi Kiyochika when he was fourteen. Drawing heavily on Kiyochika's style and experimentation with Western art elements, Inoue's concern with light and shadows reflected the influence of French Impression, a departure from traditional ukiyo-e. The resulting images had a distinctly modern feeling for the time. Inoue favored depictions of the urban, rapidly changing cityscape. Sadly, he died prematurely in 1889 at the age of twenty-five. At the time of his death he showed great promise in the woodblock print field and would have likely continued as a major artist in Japanese woodblock prints.

VG, no flaws of note