Hiroshi YOSHIDA -- Manabeshima

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Artist YOSHIDA, Hiroshi (1876-1950)
Title "Manabeshima"
("Nabeshima")
Date 1930; ("Impressed" signature lower margin--posthumous edition, circa likely 1970's/80's.)
Series "The Inland Sea -- Second Series"
Publisher Yoshida Studio
Seal, Carver/Printer na
Image Size 9 1/2 x 14 3/4
Impression Very Fine. Splendidly executed "bokashi" shading throughout print; life-like reflections.
Condition Excellent. Fresh, unfaded colors. (No flaws noted.)
Reference/Illus "The Complete Woodblocks of Hiroshi Yoshida" #137.
Comments Strikingly beautiful seascape--sketched during Hiroshi's 1930 two-month excursion of Japan's Inland Sea.
Item # BG-418
Price $650 (Sold/YH)