Hiroshi YOSHIDA -- "Three Little Islands"

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Artist YOSHIDA, Hiroshi (1876-1950)
Title "Three Little Islands"
("Mitsukojima")
Date 1930;
("Impressed" signature lower margin--posthumous edition, circa likely 1960's/70's.)
Series "The Inland Sea -- Second Series"
Publisher Yoshida Family Studio
Seal, Carver/Printer na
Image Size 9 5/8 x 14 5/8
Impression Very Fine. Splendidly executed "bokashi" shading throughout print; life-like reflections.
Condition Nearly Excellent. Wonderful colors. (Two thin tape residues verso top edge; slight toning verso; bumped upper/right corner--otherwise flawless.)
Reference/Illus "The Complete Woodblocks of Hiroshi Yoshida" #145.
Comments Strikingly beautiful seascape--sketched during Hiroshi's 1930 two-month excursion of Japan's Inland Sea.
Seldom seen.
Item # BG-437
Price $775 (Sold/EM)