Mount Aso in Kyushu
- Date:
- 1935
- Medium:
- Color 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.
Mt. Aso in central Kyushu is one of the world's largest active volcanic calderas, its smoking peaks rising above a vast grassy plain. Hiratsuka's 1935 color woodblock renders the volcanic landscape with unusual atmospheric warmth, the mountain's characteristic flat-topped profile emerging above the Aso valley. The color treatment — rare in his output — suggests his engagement with the landscape's chromatic drama.
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 Aso in Kyushu was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1935.
Mount Aso in Kyushu depicts landscapes and mountains.
