$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 Nichiren Shoin — a hall associated with the Nichiren sect of Buddhism — is rendered in Hiratsuka's direct woodblock, ink on paper, in 1937. Hiratsuka maintained a sustained engagement with Nichiren Buddhism that distinguished him from other sosaku-hanga artists, producing multiple prints of the sect's founder and associated sacred buildings. The shoin's timber architecture is treated with his characteristic structural precision.
伏見稲荷
Woodblock print
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
Uji Byodoin no ichibu
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Nichiren Shoin was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1937.
Nichiren Shoin depicts temples & shrines, religious, and architecture.
Nichiren Shoin measures 69.9 × 56.4 cm.
