Observatory Tower of Kyongju in Korea
- Date:
- 1960
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
The Cheomseongdae — the seventh-century astronomical observatory at Gyeongju in Korea, one of the oldest surviving observatories in Asia — is rendered in Hiratsuka's direct woodblock. The 1960 print captures the observatory's distinctive bottle-shaped stone tower, its rounded form unusual among the angular subjects he typically chose. The Korean site belongs to his continued documentation of East Asian heritage beyond Japan.
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Observatory Tower of Kyongju in Korea was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1960.
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