HIRATSUKA Un'ichi
(Japan 1895–1997)
Peony hill in Pyongyang, from the series New hundred views of Japan
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
This series of prints is a unique set of prints in two ways: at least thirty contemporary artists collaborated in a single series of landscape prints, depicting both famous places & scenery of modern urban life. This series is a product of the Creative Print Movement, a modern movement in printmaking which began early in the 20th century by artists who designed, blockcut & printed their own work with a clear intention of creating works of art as opposed to `surimono', reproductions. Due to the intensification of WWII, publication of the series was stopped by the Japanese authorities who feared that the interior of Japan would become known to its enemies.
- Place of origin
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Japan
- Period
- Japan: Shôwa period 1926–1988
- Year
- 1940
- Media
- Medium
- colour woodcut
- Dimensions
- 22.5 x 29.9cm image; 24.6 x 31.5cm support
- Signature & date
- Signed u.l. in Japanese, ink "[artist's seal]". Not dated.
- Credit
- Yasuko Myer Bequest Fund 1997
- Accession number
- 8.1997.7
