| Artist | YOSHIDA, Hiroshi (1876-1950) |
| Title | "Hodakayama After Rain" ("Ugo no Hodakayama") |
| Date | 1927 Red "Jizuri seal" (left margin), artist's "pencil-signature" and "pencil-title" lower margin, "brush-signed" and "sealed" by artist within image. |
| Provenance | Private placement. Consigned by family of Army serviceman Col.Tom Y. Horton stationed in Tokyo 1946-47. |
| Series | na |
| Publisher | Yoshida Family Studio |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | Blocks cut by Mayeda. |
| Image Size | LARGE 21 3/8 x 28, plus margins. (24 x 32 overall) |
| Impression | Very Fine. Superbly executed "bokashi" shading throughout; light "gauffrage" (embossing) to trees and foreground; highly detailed carving, crisp lines. |
| Condition | Very Good++. Excellent colors. Clean front and verso.
(Scattered soft creasing, mostly top/bottom margins; light wear; light toning.) No prior mounts--stored since 1946. |
| Reference/Illus | "The Complete Woodblocks of Hiroshi Yoshida" Abe #99; Blair 1930 Toledo Exhibition #310. |
| Comments | An impressively large and colorful design. One of Hiroshi's largest lifetime prints (quite difficult to print)--of which only about 50 prints were ever printed by the Yoshida Studio. An important, over-sized print--RARELY seen. |
| Item # | BH-15 |
| Price | $5700 (Sold/FC) |
