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)

Inoue Yasuji

1888 · Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper · Asian Art

The imperial family and others visit the springtime garden of Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, established in 1869 by the Meiji emperor to commemorate military deaths of the Boshin War, fought between the restored imperial government and the deposed Tokugawa shogun. Today, some 2.5 million casualties of Japan’s modern wars are remembered there—including, controversially, those convicted of war crimes after World War II.

Artist

Inoue Yasuji

Date

1888

Medium

Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1959