Sunset at Matsue Castle, Shimane Prefecture
- Date:
- 1942
- 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.
Matsue Castle in Shimane Prefecture — the only surviving castle from the early Edo period in western Japan — is rendered here at sunset, the castle's black-lacquered timber keep silhouetted against the dying light. Hiratsuka's 1942 woodblock captures his hometown's landmark architecture in the dramatic lighting he rarely employed for such subjects, the castle's mass emphasized by the contrast with the bright sky behind it.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Sunset at Matsue Castle, Shimane Prefecture was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1942.
Sunset at Matsue Castle, Shimane Prefecture depicts castles and night scenes.
