Hiroshi YOSHIDA -- "Himeji Castle, Morning"

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Artist YOSHIDA, Hiroshi (1876-1950)
Title "Himeji Castle, Morning"
("Himeji-Jo")
Date 1926; "Jizuri" seal, artist's pencil-signature lower margin, "brush-signed" by artist in image.
Series na
Publisher Yoshida Studio
Seal, Carver/Printer na
Image Size 9 5/8 x 14 1/2
Impression Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading; crisply detailed lines.
Condition Very Good++. Strong colors. Clean front and verso. (Few scattered faint spots; tiny mark upper left margin corner; light wear.)
Reference/Illus "The Complete Woodblocks of Hiroshi Yoshida" #77; Blair's 1930 "Toldedo Exhibition" pl. #291.
Comments An early Yoshida castle scene. (A variant "evening version" is also printed using different colors.)
Item # AT-91
Price $875 (Sold/RF)