Mountains of Izumo, Shimane Prefecture
- Date:
- 1932
- 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.
The mountain ranges of Izumo in Shimane Prefecture — Hiratsuka's home region — are rendered here in color woodblock, the layered ridges receding into blue distance. The 1932 print is among his most accomplished color landscape works, the mountain ranges of the San'in coast captured with a warmth that distinguishes his Shimane subjects from his more austere black-and-white architectural 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.
Mountains of Izumo, Shimane Prefecture was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1932.
Mountains of Izumo, Shimane Prefecture depicts landscapes and temples & shrines.
