Lindenberries (Bodaiju no mi)
- Date:
- 1963
- Medium:
- Woodblock 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.
Lindenberries — the fruit of the bodhi tree (bodaiju), under which the Buddha achieved enlightenment — are rendered in Hiratsuka's 1963 woodblock with the direct naturalism of his botanical subjects. The Japanese title (Bodaiju no mi) gives the subject its Buddhist dimension, the berries' ordinary roundness carrying an extraordinary charge of meaning.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Lindenberries (Bodaiju no mi) was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1963.
Lindenberries (Bodaiju no mi) depicts still life and trees.
