| Artist | YOSHIDA, Hiroshi (1876-1950) |
| Title | "From the Summit of Shiroumadake" ("Hakuba sancho yori") |
| Date | 1928; "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 | "Southern Japanese Alps" ("Nihon Minami Arupusu Shu") |
| Publisher | Yoshida Family Studio |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | "Jizuri" seal; Blocks cut by Maeda Yujiro. |
| Image Size | 9 1/2 x 14 5/8 |
| Impression | Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading; light "gauffrage" (embossing) to mountain's slopes; highly detailed carving. |
| Condition | Good to Very Good. Very Good colors. Clean front and verso. (Light toning; faint mat-line wide into margins; minor scratch upper/left sky; light wear.) |
| Reference/Illus | "The Complete Woodblocks of Hiroshi Yoshida" #28. |
| Comments | Wonderful high-country image--from Yoshida's early 1926 "Japanese Alps" series. Seldom seen. |
| Item # | MR-05 |
| Price | $1,325 (Sold/la/ug) |