1st Edition Jizure Hiroshi Yoshida Japanese Woodblock Print Hokuryo
item#: 1512984
price: $800.00
1st edition Japanese shin hanga woodblock print by Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950) titled "Hokuryo" depicting a mausoleum in Manchuria dated Showa 12 (1937). The jizure (self-printed) seal is at the upper left margin above the date and title. The artist's black ink signature and red seal is at the lower right. The print is titled in the lower left margin and pencil-signed in the lower right margin. Paper: 10 5/8" x 16" (image: 9 5/8" x 14 5/8"). Good overall condition with full margins. The print is lightly faded and sunstruck. There are a few crinkles in the paper as well as four horizontal creases extending from the right side across part of the image. A few tiny foxing spots are at the bottom. A notation on the back reads "Olga - a Yoshida original." The back corner tips have tape adhesive remaining. Illustrated in "The Complete Woodblock Prints of Yoshida Hiroshi," Abe Publications, color plate #210.