Hiroshi Yoshida "Fuji San From Yamanaka" Jizuri

Hiroshi Yoshida "Fuji San From Yamanaka" Jizuri
Hiroshi Yoshida (Japanese, 1876-1950). Japanese shin-hang woodblock print titled "Fuji San From Yamanaka" depicting a peaceful Mt. Fuji under a white snow blanket, 1937. Jizuri seal along the left margin. Pencil signed along the lower right; marked with Yoshida's seal in a plate along the lower right; titled along the lower left margin; further inscribed in Japanese along the left margin. The jizuri "self-printed" seal indicates that the printing process was directly supervised by him and that he played an active role in the creation of this print. These seals were typically reserved for only the highest quality impressions as decided by Yoshida.

One of the leading figures in the Japanese Shin-hanga movement, Hiroshi Yoshida was born in Fukuoka in 1876. In 1893, he moved to Kyoto and studied yoga and nihonga styles of painting and watercolors. It came only in middle age he started collaborating with the shin-hanga publisher Watanabe Shozaburo. Despite his late debut as a shin-hanga printmaker, he successfully put himself on the map as the greatest artist of the shin-hanga style and is especially noted for his excellent landscape prints. His prints are highly recognized in both Japan and overseas.
Height: 10 3/4 in x width: 15 3/4 in.
Condition: No visible tears, losses, or restoration under UV light. The paper is toned as shown in the listing image. Along the right margin, there is light wear, original to the artistic practice. A few scattered areas with light creases along the margins; there is a 4 in long crease to the upper left corner; please see the listing image. No visible foxing or soiling to the sheet. To the upper right margin, there are white spots that are fluorescent under UV light. Along the lower margin, there are two networks of minute black dots; see the listing image. Along the verso, the paper is toned and has a few scattered areas of minute spots as shown in the listing image; they do not affect the recto. To the upper right quadrant, there is 3/4 in long spot.