Hiroshi YOSHIDA -- "Shalimar Garden, Labore" (JIZURI)

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Artist YOSHIDA, Hiroshi
(1876-1950)
Title "Shalimar Garden, Labore"
("Sancho, Tsurugiga-Mine")
Date 1931; "Jizuri" seal, "brush-signed" and "sealed" by artist in image. Pencil-signed in margin by artist.
Provenance Private placement.
Consigned by a knowledgable collector/dealer.
Series "India and Southeast Asia"
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Publisher Yoshida Family Studio
Seal, Carver/Printer "Jizuri" seal;
Blocks cut by Maeda Yujiro.
Image Size 9 1/4 x 14 1/4
Impression Very Fine.
Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading; highly detailed carving; excellent registration and bleed-through to verso.
Condition Very Good++.
Very good colors.

(Minor flaws as shown; some thinning/creasing/paper repair to upper left corner margin.)
Reference/Illus "The Complete Woodblocks of Hiroshi Yoshida" #168.
Comments A seldom seen image from Yoshida's "India and Southeast Asia" series (1931-32).
Item # PA-69
Price $2250