$500–$8,000. As part of a celebrated series, this print benefits from strong collector demand. Good temple/architectural prints: $2,000–$5,000. Key value factors: His enormous output (lived to 102) means most works are accessible. Early black-and-white prints are most valued.
The Kuromon Gate at Edo Castle — one of the great stone and timber gates of the shogunal fortress — appears here as part of Hiratsuka's landmark "One Hundred Views of New Tokyo" series, a comprehensive documentation of the modernizing capital. The 1930 color woodblock renders the gate's massive stone walls and timber gatehouse with the structural precision that defines his urban documentary work.
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.
Kuromon Gate, from the series "One Hundred Views of New Tokyo (Shin Tokyo hyakkei)" was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1930.
Yes — Kuromon Gate, from the series "One Hundred Views of New Tokyo (Shin Tokyo hyakkei)" is part of the One Hundred Views of New Tokyo (Shin Tokyo hyakkei) series by Hiratsuka Un'ichi.
Kuromon Gate, from the series "One Hundred Views of New Tokyo (Shin Tokyo hyakkei)" depicts landscapes, edo & tokyo, and architecture, set at Tokyo.
