Site of the Capital City of Ancient Paekche, Korea
- Date:
- 1935
- 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 ruins of ancient Paekche's capital at Buyeo in Korea — a kingdom that transmitted Buddhism to Japan in the 6th century — are depicted as a color woodblock landscape of the site's surviving fortifications and terrain. Hiratsuka's 1935 print treats the old capital's setting with the same archaeological attention he brought to Japan's ancient sites. The Paekche connection to Japanese cultural origins gave the subject particular resonance.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Site of the Capital City of Ancient Paekche, Korea was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1935.
Site of the Capital City of Ancient Paekche, Korea depicts urban scenes.
