Artist |
YOSHIDA, Hiroshi (1876-1950) |
Title |
"Kameido Bridge" ("Kameido") |
Date |
1927; "impressed" signature lower margin (posthumous edition, ca1950-54). |
Series |
"Twelve Scenes of Tokyo" ("Tokyo Juni Dai") |
Publisher |
Yoshida Studio |
Seal, Carver/Printer |
Blocks cut by Maeda Yujiro. |
Image Size |
9 3/8 x 14 3/8 |
Impression |
Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading; life-like reflection;
crisply detailed lines. |
Condition |
Very Good++. Strong colors. Clean margins. (Minor wrinkling/mostly margin edges;
scattered spotting/mostly backside; light wear.) Pencil notation verso edge. |
Reference/Illus |
"The Complete Woodblocks of Hiroshi Yoshida" #62; Blair's 1930 "Toldedo Exhibition" pl. #272. |
Comments |
Yoshida's 1926 masterpiece. Very rarely seen. (Pencil notation verso indicates
collected 1954 in Japan.) |
Item # |
EG-289 |
Price |
$1,600 (Reserverd/GC) |