$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 Amakusa Sea — the inland waters between the Amakusa Islands and the Kyushu mainland — is here seen with the mountain ranges of Kyushu rising behind it, a panoramic coastal and mountain subject rendered in Hiratsuka's 1940 woodblock. The title's Japanese parenthetical specifies the viewpoint: from the Amakusa-nada, looking toward the ranges. The Amakusa Islands have particular resonance as the site of Japan's 17th-century Christian uprising.
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.
View of Mountain Range in Kyushu from the Sea of Amakusa (Kyushu renzan Amakusa-nada yori was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1940.
View of Mountain Range in Kyushu from the Sea of Amakusa (Kyushu renzan Amakusa-nada yori depicts landscapes, seascapes, and mountains.
