Hiroshi YOSHIDA -- "The Choin-in Temple Gate"

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Artist YOSHIDA, Hiroshi
(1876-1950)
Title "The Choin-in Temple Gate"
("**")
Date 1935; "jizuri" seal, artist's pencil-signature lower margin, "brush-signed" by artist in image.
Series "Eight Scenes of Cherry Blossoms"
Publisher Yoshida Studio
Seal, Carver/Printer na
Image Size 9 5/8 x 14 3/4
Impression Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading to sky, temple, and foreground; crisply detailed lines.
Condition Nearly Excellent. Strong colors. Very clean front and verso. (Very slight wear; two tiny paper residues upper verso margin; pencil notation verso.)
Reference/Illus "The Complete Woodblocks of Hiroshi Yoshida" #194.
Comments A beautiful springtime cherry blossom image.
Item # PB-03
Price $1450
(No longer available)