Hiratsuka Shrine, Tokyo
- Date:
- 1933
- Medium:
- 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 Hiratsuka Shrine in Tokyo — sharing the artist's family name but no proven family connection — is rendered in his characteristic bold black-and-white woodblock. The 1933 print captures the Shinto shrine's gateway architecture with the same formal clarity he brought to Buddhist temple complexes. It is among his earliest Tokyo shrine subjects, predating his major temple print campaigns.
伏見稲荷
Woodblock print
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
Uji Byodoin no ichibu
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Hiratsuka Shrine, Tokyo was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1933.
Hiratsuka Shrine, Tokyo depicts temples & shrines, set at Tokyo.
