Hiroshi YOSHIDA -- "Tomonoura Harbor" (Jizuri) (#2)

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Artist YOSHIDA, Hiroshi
(1876-1950)
Title "Tomonoura Harbor"
Date 1930; "Jizuri" seal, "brush-signed" and "sealed" by artist in image. Pencil-signed in margin by artist.
Provenance Private placement. Consigned by a knowledgable NW collector of Yoshida prints.
Series "Inland Sea, Second Series"
Publisher Yoshida Family Studio
Seal, Carver/Printer na
Image Size 9 5/8 x 14 3/4
Impression Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading; strikingly life-like reflections; crisply detailed lines.
Condition Good to Very Good. Very good colors. Clean front and verso.
(Faint mat-line wide into margins; tiny pin-hole right image; two tape remains top verso margin; light toning; light wear.)
Reference/Illus "The Complete Woodblocks of Hiroshi Yoshida" #141.
Comments Wonderful colors. One of 12 prints from Hiroshi's two-month "sketching trip" of March 1931 along Japan's Inland Sea. Delightfully colorful harbor scene.
Item # MR-02
Price $775 (Sold/la/ug)