$1,000–$15,000. Common landscapes: $1,000–$3,000. Key value factors: Kasamatsu's early shin-hanga works (pre-1955) tend to be more valued than his later sosaku-hanga production.
The Hirakawa Gate on the northern edge of Edo Castle grounds — one of the few surviving castle gates from the Tokugawa period — appears here as a monument to the military past of what became the Imperial Palace complex. Kasamatsu repeatedly depicted the gates, moats, and walls of the old castle grounds, finding in them a layered archaeology of Edo-period power that persisted beneath the surface of modern Tokyo. The gate's stone foundations and wooden superstructure offered a formal study in architectural preservation.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Hirakawa Gate, Tokyo was created by Shiro Kasamatsu (笠松紫浪).
Hirakawa Gate, Tokyo was published by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Hirakawa Gate, Tokyo depicts architecture, set at Tokyo.
