Hiroshi YOSHIDA -- "Tateyama Betuzan" (Jizuri)

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Artist YOSHIDA, Hiroshi
(1876-1950)
Title "Tateyama Betuzan" ("Tateyama Betuzan")
Date 1928; "Jizuri" seal, "brush-signed" and "sealed" by artist in image. Pencil-signed in margin by artist.
Provenance Private placement. Consigned by a knowledgable NW collector of Yoshida prints.
Series "Southern Japanese Alps"
("Nihon Minami Arupusu Shu")
Publisher Yoshida Family Studio
Seal, Carver/Printer "Jizuri" seal;
Blocks cut by Maeda Yujiro.
Image Size 9 1/2 x 14 5/8
Impression Very Fine.
Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading; highly detailed carving.
Condition Good to Very Good.
Good colors.
Clean front and verso.
(Light toning; faint mat-line wide into margins; partially trimmed 3 margins; some fading, wear.)
Reference/Illus "The Complete Woodblocks of Hiroshi Yoshida" #33; Blair's 1936 "Toldedo Exhibition" pl. #244.
Comments An early Japanese Alps design from Hiroshi's 1926 travels. Seldom seen.
Item # MR-04
Price $950