Landscape to City: A Collection of 20th Century Japanese Prints
Landscape to City: A Collection of 20th Century Japanese Prints
Yoshida Hiroshi (1876-1950) | Hodakayama after Rain (Ugo no Hodakayama) | Showa period, 20th century
A rare large format woodblock print
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November 18, 02:28 PM GMT
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10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Yoshida Hiroshi (1876-1950)
Hodakayama after Rain (Ugo no Hodakayama)
Showa period, 20th century
woodblock print, signed in pencil in Roman script to the lower right margin Hiroshi Yoshida, and in Japanese Yoshida, with artist's red cutting brocade (sairan) seal, and with artist’s jizuri (self-printed) seal, titled to the lower left margin in Japanese and to the bottom left margin in pencil in Roman script as above, dated Showa ninen saku (made in 1927)
60.4 x 81 cm., 23¾ x 31⅞ in.
Hodokayama after Rain is among Yoshida’s largest prints. The artist specifically sought the traditionally crafted and fibrous mulberry paper from the village of Hodomura, Ibraki Prefecture. Its durable quality led to minimal shrinkage when submitted to the oversized block necessary to execute Yoshida’s large-scale works. The scene is viewed from Kamikochi, a remote highland valley hidden within the Hida Range to the western region of Nagano Prefecture. The trees are autumnal, and the jagged peaks sluiced with ice and snow belie the ensuing winter months to come. An atmosphere of rainfall just past is suggested by the lingering mist visible above the river, which extends to the farthest most peak in the distance, as well as the washes of blue that graduate over the mountains.
For another impression of the same print in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 53.175, go to: