Hiroshi YOSHIDA -- "Shisei" (Jizuri) (#2)

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Artist YOSHIDA, Hiroshi
(1876-1950)
Title "Shisei"
("Xingzi")
Date 1940; "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 "Korea and Manchuria"
Publisher Yoshida Family Studio
Seal, Carver/Printer "Jizuri" seal
Image Size 9 5/8 x 14 3/4
Impression Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading; light "gauffrage" to gate and structures; crisply detailed lines.
Condition Good++. Good colors.
Clean front and verso.
(Light toning; mat-line into image edges; tape residues verso margins; some fading; scattered creasing/wear.)
Reference/Illus "The Complete Woodblocks of Hiroshi Yoshida" #234.
Comments A colorful streetscene from Hiroshi's 1939 visit to China.
Item # MR-08
Price $675 (SOLD/la/ug)