TOKYO: THE IMPERIAL CAPITAL
Yamashita Entrance to Ueno Park, September 1931
Koizumi Kishio (Japanese, 1893–1945)
Tokyo
Color woodblock print
15 3/8 x 11 3/4" (39.1 x 29.8 cm)
Credit: The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
TD1993.69.1.90
Photo: Silvia Ros
Ueno, Tokyo's great public park, incorporated religious, civic, and cultural sites. In September 1923, Yamashita became the location of an enormous refugee camp for displaced citizens of Tokyo. The stylish young woman shown walking alone in the park at night under an electric streetlight might be Koizumi's way of inviting comparison between the peaceful and safe, modern aspects of Tokyo and the turmoil wrought by the earthquake.
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