Hiroshi YOSHIDA -- "Niagara Falls"

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Artist YOSHIDA, Hiroshi
(1876-1950)
Title "Niagara Falls"
("Niagara Falls")
Date 1925; "Impressed" signature lower margin (later edition, likely 1950's/60's).
Series "United States" Series (1925)
Publisher Yoshida Studio
Seal, Carver/Printer Blocks cut by Maeda Yujuro.
Image Size 9 3/4 x 14 5/8
Impression Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading throughout; life-like reflections and water areas; crisply detailed lines.
Condition Very Good++. Very good colors. Clean frontside. (Wide-set mat-line in margins; masking tape across verso's top margin, otherwise clean.)
Reference/Illus "The Complete Woodblocks of Hiroshi Yoshida" #12 (very early print).
Comments A beautiful and very early Yoshida image (#12 of 259 lifetime images). Seldom seen.
Item # BG-356
Price $1175 (Sold)