$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 three-story pagoda of Yakushi-ji in Nara — the Western Precinct temple famous for its paired pagodas — is rendered here with Hiratsuka's direct woodblock carving. The 1962 print captures the pagoda's distinctive alternating large and small roofs, which the poet Tōru Okamoto compared to "frozen music." Hiratsuka's rendering treats the tower's structural rhythm with the architectural precision that defines his finest temple prints.
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.
Yakushiji Temple Pagoda West of Nara (Nara Nishi-no-kyo, Yakushiji to) was created by Hiratsuka Un'ichi (平塚運一) in 1962.
Yakushiji Temple Pagoda West of Nara (Nara Nishi-no-kyo, Yakushiji to) depicts temples & shrines and pagodas, set at Nara.
