Hiroshi YOSHIDA -- "Small Town in Chugoku"

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Artist YOSHIDA, Hiroshi
(1876-1950)
Title "Small Town in Chugoku"
("**")
Date 1933; "jizuri" seal, artist's pencil-signature lower margin, "brush-signed" by artist in image.
Series Kansai District
Publisher Yoshida Studio
Seal, Carver/Printer na
Image Size 9 5/8 x 14 5/8
Impression Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading to sky, mountains, water, and foreground; light "gauffrage" to buildings; life-like reflection; crisply detailed lines.
Condition Very Good+++. Quite strong colors. Very clean backside. (Light wear; light toning; small faint stain lower right margin.)
Reference/Illus "The Complete Woodblocks of Hiroshi Yoshida" #189.
Comments A delightful and colorful rural scene typical of old Japan.
Item # PB-06
Price $1350
(No longer available)