South Izu Peninsula
- Date:
- 1970
- 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.
The southern Izu Peninsula's coastline — the Pacific-facing shore of one of Japan's most dramatic coastal landscapes — is rendered in Hiratsuka's direct woodblock style. The 1970 print captures the peninsula's rugged meeting of volcanic terrain and ocean, his knife work conveying the force of both cliff and wave. South Izu was a subject he returned to repeatedly, the landscape's drama a persistent resource for his printmaking.
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.
South Izu Peninsula was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1970.
South Izu Peninsula depicts landscapes and seascapes.
