Old City in Kudara- Paekche- Korea
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
$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 ancient city of Kudara — Paekche, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea — is rendered here through its surviving landscape rather than any reconstructed architecture. Hiratsuka's undated woodblock captures the old capital's topography, the hills and valleys that once contained a kingdom now visible only as landscape. The print belongs to his Korean historical sites documentation.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Old City in Kudara- Paekche- Korea was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一).
Old City in Kudara- Paekche- Korea depicts urban scenes.
