$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.
January — the year's first month — is here made into a woodblock print subject in itself, the season's spare quality rendered through Hiratsuka's direct carving. Whether this is a New Year's greeting print or a more abstract meditation on the month's character is left open by the title's brevity. The print evokes winter's reduction: bare forms, minimal color, the year beginning fresh.
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.
January was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一).
January depicts landscapes, snow scenes, and winter.
