Isumo Mountains
- Date:
- 1922
- Medium:
- Woodcut 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.
An early woodcut from Hiratsuka's formative period, this landscape of the mountains near his birthplace in Izumo (now Shimane Prefecture) reflects his first sustained engagement with the landscape of western Japan. The 1922 woodcut's direct carving already shows the bold simplification that would define his mature style — mountains rendered as mass rather than atmospheric suggestion.
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.
Isumo Mountains was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1922.
Isumo Mountains depicts landscapes and mountains.
