True View of the Courtyard of Yasukuni Shrine at the Top of Kudanzaka

March 1888

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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.

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井上安治画　「九段坂上靖国神社庭内真図」
Title: True View of the Courtyard of Yasukuni Shrine at the Top of Kudanzaka
Artist: Inoue Yasuji (Japanese, 1864–1889)
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Date: March 1888
Culture: Japan
Medium: Triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Image: 14 x 29 1/2 in. (35.6 x 74.9 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1959
Object Number: JP3307a–c
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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