Ocean View of Ohara
- Date:
- 1927
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
The Ohara coastline south of Chiba on the Pacific coast is rendered here in Hiratsuka's 1927 color woodblock — one of his early coastal landscape subjects. The color treatment suggests the warmth of the Pacific shore, the ocean's expanse framed by the coastal landscape's simple forms. The ocean view represents a departure from the mountain lake and river subjects that dominate his landscape work of this period.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Ocean View of Ohara was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1927.
Ocean View of Ohara depicts landscapes and seascapes.