Pagoda of Joruriji (Joruriji no to, Yamato)
- Date:
- 1960
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
$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.
Another view of the pagoda at Jōruri-ji — here identified by its Japanese title (Jōruriji no to, Yamato) — captures the three-story tower from a different vantage than Hiratsuka's companion print. The 1960 woodblock belongs to his series of Yamato Province Buddhist architecture, which documents the ancient temples of the Nara region with sustained formal attention.
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.
Pagoda of Joruriji (Joruriji no to, Yamato) was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1960.
Pagoda of Joruriji (Joruriji no to, Yamato) depicts temples & shrines and pagodas.
