Southern Izu
- Date:
- 1960
- 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 landscape — interior valleys and coastal terrain of the peninsula's lower reaches — is rendered with Hiratsuka's direct woodblock line in 1960. The print belongs to his extended Izu series, capturing the peninsula's distinctive topography of volcanic hills, narrow valleys, and pine-covered coast. The southern extremity of Izu, far from Tokyo, retained the rural character that attracted him repeatedly.
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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.
Southern Izu was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1960.
Southern Izu depicts landscapes and mountains.
