HIROSHI YOSHIDA: ARASHIYAMA

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HIROSHI YOSHIDA: ARASHIYAMA By Yoshida Hiroshi (1876-1950), signed Yoshida and sealed Hiroshi Japan, dated 1935 Color woodblock print on paper. Vertical oban. Signed Yoshida and sealed Hiroshi, Jizuri (self-printed) seal to the left margin, further signed in Roman script to the outer-lower margin Hiroshi Yoshida. Title Arashiyama, from the series Sakura hachi dai (Eight Scenes of Cherry Blossoms), inscribed with the English title “Arashiyama” and print number “195” in Roman script to the outer-lower margin. A view of Arashiyama, with cherry blossom trees in full bloom framing the view of boats along the river. A figure stands near the water, gazing at the tranquil landscape. SIZE of the sheet 39 x 26 cm, SIZE incl. frame 44.3 x 57.6 cm With a wooden frame and glass for presentation. The jizuri seal is the most important mark on a Hiroshi Yoshida print as it helps distinguish an early edition where the printing process was directly supervised by him. Jizuri means "self-printed" and indicates that Hiroshi Yoshida played an active role in the printing process of the respective print. Hiroshi focused heavily on developing prints of the highest quality and normally only the prints with the best impressions received his jizuri seal. Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950) began his artistic training with his adoptive father in Kurume, Fukuoka prefecture. Around the age of twenty, he left Kurume to study with Soritsu Tamura in Kyoto, subsequently moving to Tokyo and the tutelage of Shotaro Koyama. Yoshida studied Western-style painting, winning many exhibition prizes, and making several trips to the United States, Europe and North Africa selling his watercolors and oil paintings. While highly successful as an oil painter and watercolor artist, Hiroshi Yoshida turned to woodblock printmaking upon learning of the Western world’s infatuation with ukiyo-e. While widely traveled and knowledgeable of Western aesthetics, he maintained an allegiance to traditional Japanese techniques and traditions. Museum comparison: A closely related print, also with the jizuri seal, is in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, accession number 52.341.

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