1888
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
九段坂上靖国神社庭内真図|True View of the Courtyard of Yasukuni Shrine at Kudan Sakaue (Kudan Sakaue Yasukuni jinsha teinai shin zu) is a 1888 ink by Inoue Yasuji, a Impressionism work, depicting Courtyard, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This triptych shows three scenes with people in fancy clothes. The first panel has a woman in a long, embroidered dress holding a child’s hand, standing near a red chair and a wooden building with a sloped roof. The second panel features a man in a dark military uniform with red trim, standing alone outside. The third panel shows a man and woman in matching formal outfits, walking near a pond with trees in the background. The prints mix bright colors with careful details, like the woman’s patterned sleeves or the man’s polished boots. The background buildings and gardens look clean and orderly, almost like a staged photo. If you like this mix of realism and color, check out Impressionism.
Inoue Yasuji (1864–1889) was an artist, born in Tokyo.
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