Sakurada-mon Gate (Eight Imperial Moat series)
- Date:
- 1929
- Medium:
- Color 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.
The Sakurada-mon — the Cherry Field Gate of Edo Castle — is rendered as part of Hiratsuka's "Eight Imperial Moat" series, a body of work documenting the moats and gateways of the former shogunal fortress. The 1929 color woodblock captures the gate's massive stone wall and timber gatehouse with the structural precision of his mature architectural style. The gate is historically significant as the site of the 1860 assassination of Ii Naosuke.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Sakurada-mon Gate (Eight Imperial Moat series) was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1929.
Sakurada-mon Gate (Eight Imperial Moat series) depicts architecture.
