Veranda of the Old House of Lafcadio Hearn in Matsue
- 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.
Lafcadio Hearn — the Greek-Irish writer who came to Japan in 1890, settled in Matsue, married a Japanese woman, and became the first significant Western interpreter of Japanese culture — lived in a traditional merchant house that is now a museum in Hiratsuka's birthplace. The 1960 woodblock renders the veranda of Hearn's Matsue house with intimate precision. For Hiratsuka, the subject connects personal geography with literary history.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Veranda of the Old House of Lafcadio Hearn in Matsue was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1960.
Veranda of the Old House of Lafcadio Hearn in Matsue depicts interiors.
