Hanga
The summit by Hiratsuka Un'ichi — Japanese Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

The summit

by Hiratsuka Un'ichi

Medium:
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Image courtesy of
Saru Gallery

Description

A seated nude woman in profile, her long braided hair falling down her back, occupies the right two-thirds of the composition against a solid black mountain silhouette and a row of pointed evergreens; a leafy branch extends across the upper left corner. Rendered in bold black outlines on cream paper with no shading, the print uses only black and the paper's natural tone, giving the scene a flat, high-contrast graphic quality. A red carved seal appears in the upper right; the work is pencil-signed "U. Hiratsuka 1975" below the image, numbered 6/100.

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Frequently Asked Questions

The summit was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一).

The summit depicts mountains.