$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.
Hōrin-ji in Yamato Province — a seventh-century temple in the Nara area associated with Prince Shōtoku — is rendered in Hiratsuka's direct ink-on-paper woodblock style. The 1946 print, made just after the war's end, belongs to his sustained engagement with Japan's oldest Buddhist architecture, the ancient timber buildings of the Asuka period that he returned to throughout his career.
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.
Hōrinji in Yamato was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1946.
Hōrinji in Yamato depicts temples & shrines, religious, and architecture.
Hōrinji in Yamato measures 38.1 × 27.3 cm.
