Hiroshi YOSHIDA -- "Teahouse in Azalea Garden" (#4) JIZURI

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Artist YOSHIDA, Hiroshi
(1876-1950)
Title "Teahouse in Azalea Garden"
Date 1938, "Jizuri" First Edition. (Known collected 1947.)
Provenance Private placement. Consigned by family of Navy Hospital Corps servicewoman Verna Woodrich stationed in Yokohama/Tokyo 1947.
Series na
Publisher Yoshida Family Studio
Seal, Carver/Printer "Jizuri" seal, "brush-signed" and "sealed" by artist in image. Pencil-signed in margin by artist.
Image Size 9 3/4 x 14 3/4 (plus margins)
Impression Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading; light "gauffrage" (embossing) to trees flowers; crisply detailed lines.
Condition Excellent. Excellent colors. Very clean front and verso. (Light toning; possibly some very slight wear.) All prints within this 1947 collection have never been displayed -- stored flat past 71 years.
Reference/Illus "The Complete Woodblocks of Hiroshi Yoshida" #226.
Comments A beautiful springtime flowering azeleas image.
From a 1947 Tokyo Japan military collection.
Item # SF-40
Price $1450