Grand Bridge of Matsue in Shimane
- Date:
- 1941
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
$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 grand bridge spanning Lake Shinji at Matsue — Hiratsuka's birthplace — is rendered here in color woodblock with the structural clarity he brought to all bridge subjects. The 1941 print captures the bridge's long span reflected in the lake's surface, the color palette unusually warm for an artist known for black-and-white austerity. This is a hometown subject freighted with personal memory.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Grand Bridge of Matsue in Shimane was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1941.
Grand Bridge of Matsue in Shimane depicts landscapes and bridges.
