Landscape to City: 20th Century Japanese Prints Part II
Landscape to City: 20th Century Japanese Prints Part II
Yoshida Hiroshi (1876-1950) | Bamboo Grove (Chikurin) | Showa period, 20th century
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May 10, 02:35 PM GMT
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Yoshida Hiroshi (1876-1950)
Bamboo Grove (Chikurin)
Showa period, 20th century
woodblock print, signed in ink in Japanese Yoshida, and in pencil in Roman script Hiroshi Yoshida, sealed Hiroshi, with artist's jizuri (self-printed) seal,. titled in the lower left margin as above, dated Showa juyonen saku (made in 1939)
Vertical oban: 40.3 x 27.2 cm., 15⅞ x 10¾ in.
An idyllic scene based in the prefecture of Saitama Prefecture to the northwest of Tokyo. A hen and its chicks rest undisturbed on the forest floor of a bamboo grove.
For a similar impression of the same print in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, accession number 2006.8.1, go to:
https://collections.artsmia.org/art/98730/bamboo-grove-yoshida-hiroshi
The draft (genga) for the same print is in the collection of the Edo Tokyo Museum, collection ID 93202489, go to:
https://museumcollection.tokyo/works/6251003/
For the trail print (shizuri) also in the collection of the Edo Tokyo Museum, collection ID 93202490, go to: