青上練兵場観兵式之図|Illustration of Emperor's Military Review of a Parade Ground at Aoyama (Aoyama renpeijō kanpeishiki no zu)
Inoue Yasuji
June, 1888 · Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper · Asian Art
The Meiji emperor reviews troops at the Aoyama Parade Grounds in Tokyo. Prints describing events such as this were commissioned to bring attention to the modernization of Japan’s military and encourage patriotic support of imperialist ambitions. Inoue Yasuji, who died at the age of twenty-five shortly after the publication of this work, was a prolific follower of Kobayashi Kiyochika.
- Artist
- Inoue Yasuji
- Date
- June, 1888
- Medium
- Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
- Culture
- Japan
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1959
