| Artist | YOSHIDA, Hiroshi (1876-1950) |
| Title | "Harbor at Tomonoura" |
| Date | 1930; "Jizuri" seal, "brush-signed" and "sealed" by artist in image. Pencil-signed in margin by artist. |
| Provenance | Private placement. Consigned by family of Navy Hospital Corps servicewoman Verna Woodrich stationed in Yokohama/Tokyo 1947. |
| Series | na |
| Publisher | Yoshida Family Studio |
| Seal, Carver/Printer | "Jizuri" seal, "brush-signed" and "sealed" by artist in image. Pencil-signed in margin by artist. |
| Image Size | 9 3/4 x 14 3/4 (plus margins) |
| Impression | Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading; light "gauffrage" to buildings; soft baren "sujizuri" to boat's sail; crisply detailed lines. |
| Condition | Excellent. Excellent colors. Very clean front and verso. (Light toning; possibly some very slight wear.) All prints within this 1947 collection have never been displayed -- stored flat past 71 years. |
| Reference/Illus | "The Complete Woodblocks of Hiroshi Yoshida" #140. |
| Comments | Wonderful colors. One of 12 prints from Hiroshi's two-month "sketching trip"
of March 1931 along Japan's Inland Sea. From a 1947 Tokyo Japan military collection. |
| Item # | SF-43 |
| Price | $950 |
