$500–$8,000. Common later works: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: His enormous output (lived to 102) means most works are accessible. Early black-and-white prints are most valued.
The Akasaka Palace — Japan's state guesthouse, modeled on Versailles — is here drawn into Hiratsuka's "Recollections of Tokyo" series, a body of work documenting the capital's architectural landmarks in color woodblock. The 1929 print renders the palace's French baroque facade with his characteristic precision, noting the incongruity of European monumental architecture in the Japanese capital. The series is among his most historically significant urban records.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Akasaka Palace, from the series Recollections of Tokyo was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1929.
Yes — Akasaka Palace, from the series Recollections of Tokyo is part of the Recollections of Tokyo series by Hiratsuka Un'ichi.
Akasaka Palace, from the series Recollections of Tokyo depicts urban scenes and architecture, set at Tokyo.
