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

Inoue Yasuji Japanese
March 1888
Not on view
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 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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