Hiroshi Yoshida – Rozan

Original woodblock print, hand-signed by the artist. First published in 1939. The current print is from a lifetime edition.

Image size (excluding margins): 24.8 * 37.5 cm (9.8 * 14.8 in).

The print is in very good condition. In the upper margin there are two pinholes and on the back in the margin remnants remain of a previous mounting. In the image there is a tiny spot in the upper left corner and a bigger blue spot next to the right of the rightmost boats.

The pictures shown here are from the print itself.

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Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950) was one of the leading figures of Japanese printmaking in the 20th century. Together with Kawase Hasui he is the most famous artist of the Japanese Shin-hanga movement that revived Japanese woodblock printing to new heights. A prolific artist, Hiroshi Yoshida traveled the world and produced landscape prints of many different countries.

See an overview of Hiroshi Yoshida's woodblock prints