Old Roof Tile of Kokobunji Temple, Izumo (Izumo Kokubunji Furu-gawara)
- Date:
- 1985
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
The old roof tiles of Kokubunji Temple at Izumo — ancient fired clay fragments from one of the provincial temples established across Japan by Emperor Shōmu in the 8th century — are here transcribed directly into woodblock. Hiratsuka's 1985 print, made when he was ninety years old, returns to the tile motif that had preoccupied him for decades. The Izumo location connects the work to his birthplace in Shimane Prefecture.
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Old Roof Tile of Kokobunji Temple, Izumo (Izumo Kokubunji Furu-gawara) was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1985.
Old Roof Tile of Kokobunji Temple, Izumo (Izumo Kokubunji Furu-gawara) depicts temples & shrines and architecture.