$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.
The Amagi Imperial Forest in Izu Peninsula — a protected cedar forest on the volcanic plateau at the peninsula's center — is rendered in one of Hiratsuka's earlier color woodblock works. The tall cryptomeria trees create a cathedral-like interior, the forest's density and age conveyed through the dense, overlapping forms of his color carving. The imperial designation gives the otherwise wild landscape a political dimension.
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.
Mount Amagi Imperial Forest, Izu was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1935.
Mount Amagi Imperial Forest, Izu depicts landscapes, trees, and mountains.
