Saruhashi Bridge in Kai
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Honolulu Museum of Art
$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 Saruhashi — "Monkey Bridge" — in Kai Province (modern Yamanashi Prefecture) is one of Japan's three famous bridges, a traditional wooden arch spanning the Katsuragawa gorge. Hiratsuka's undated woodblock renders the bridge's single wooden span against the gorge's rocky walls, the bridge's precarious engineering given permanence through his direct carving.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Saruhashi Bridge in Kai was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一).
Saruhashi Bridge in Kai depicts landscapes and bridges.
