$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.
A torii gate — the threshold marker of Shinto sacred precincts, its twin uprights and two horizontal crossbars one of the most recognizable forms in Japanese architecture — is rendered in Hiratsuka's direct woodblock style. The undated print captures the gate in isolation, without the shrine complex it would normally announce, giving the threshold form a free-standing architectural presence it seldom has in reality.
伏見稲荷
Woodblock print
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
Uji Byodoin no ichibu
1921
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Torii Gate was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一).
Torii Gate depicts temples & shrines, torii gates, and architecture.
