Landscape Scenes in Ikejiri Setagaya
- Date:
- 1922
- Medium:
- Woodcut print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
The landscape of Ikejiri in Setagaya — then a semi-rural western suburb of Tokyo — is rendered in Hiratsuka's 1922 woodcut style, capturing the urban fringe where agriculture and city met. Dating to his early period, this set of views documents a landscape that would be absorbed entirely into Tokyo's expansion within a generation. The prints are inadvertent historical records as much as artistic statements.
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Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Landscape Scenes in Ikejiri Setagaya was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1922.
Landscape Scenes in Ikejiri Setagaya depicts landscapes.