| Artist | YOSHIDA, Hiroshi (1876-1950) |
| Title | "Toshogu Shrine" ("Hakuba sancho yori") |
| Date | 1937, "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, shrine, and stairs; 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" #223. |
| Comments | A beautiful springtime flowering azeleas image. From a 1947 Tokyo Japan military collection. |
| Item # | SF-42 |
| Price | $1125 |
