Great Gate of Koyasan
- Date:
- Shōwa period, dated 1941
- Medium:
- Woodblock print; ink on paper
- Dimensions:
- 62.4 × 80.2 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Harvard Art Museums
$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 Daimon — Great Gate — of Kōya-san, the mountain temple complex of Shingon Buddhism, marks the boundary between the secular world and the sacred precincts above. Hiratsuka's 1941 woodblock, ink on paper, renders the gate with the frontal authority he brought to all his threshold subjects, the heavy timber structure filling the composition.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Great Gate of Koyasan was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in Shōwa period, dated 1941.
Great Gate of Koyasan depicts architecture.
Great Gate of Koyasan measures 62.4 × 80.2 cm.
