Additional information
| Country | Japanese |
|---|---|
| Region | Asian |
ArtistYoshida, Hiroshi
Artist Years1876-1950
Artist NationalityJapanese
TitleEvening at Nara
Year1933
MediumPrint > Woodblock Print
DimensionsComposition: 14.8 X 7.7 inches
Sheet: Oban, 15 X 10 inches
Catalog ReferenceAbe 185
Description
Polychrome woodblock print, oban size, printed on thin Japan kozo paper. Signed and titled in pencil and with the artist’s red ink chop, printed by Yoshida himself – so stated in the left margin.
Accession Number320195
NotesHiroshi Yoshida was a 20th-century Japanese painter and woodblock printmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the shin-hanga style, and is noted especially for his landscape prints. Yoshida traveled widely, and was particularly known for his images of non-Japanese subjects done in traditional Japanese woodblock style, including the Taj Mahal, the Swiss Alps, the Grand Canyon, and other National Parks in the United States. Yoshida was born Hiroshi Ueda in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka, in Kyushu, on September 19, 1876. He showed an early aptitude for art fostered by his adoptive father, a teacher of painting in the public schools. At the age of 19, he was sent to Kyoto to study under Tamura Shoryu, a well known teacher of western style painting. He then studied under Koyama Shōtarō, in Tokyo, for another three years. He made numerous trips around the world, with the aim of getting to know different artistic expressions and making works of different landscapes.
(source: wikipedia.org)