Japanese Woodblock Print Yoshida Hiroshi Small Town in China

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A Japanese woodblock print by Yoshida Hiroshi (1876-1950), entitled Chugoku no komachi (Small Town in China). The horizontal Oban format … Read more A Japanese woodblock print by Yoshida Hiroshi (1876-1950), entitled Chugoku no komachi (Small Town in China). The horizontal Oban format print was made in Showa 8th year (1933). On the left margin in grey ink, the year and title were printed in grey ink. There is also a jizuri ("self-printed") mark, indicated it to be printed under Yoshida's inspection and considered to be up to his high technical standards.
Pencil signed the lower margin right, "Hiroshi Yoshida" and titled lower left.
Image size measures approximately 10"w x 15"h. This is an original print with very good impression. It comes with an old but still good mat, no frame. Mat size is 20" x 15".
A similar print with jizuri mark is in the collection of Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA): Accession Number2002.161.83

Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950) was considered one of the greatest artists of the shin-hanga woodblock print style in the 20th century. Widely celebrated for his landscape work, not only sceneries in Japan but also around the world from his extensive travelling. Many exotic and iconic places in India, Europe and North America found their way in his work but presented in a traditional Japanese style. See less