HIROSHI YOSHIDA WOODBLOCK PRINT - SARUSAWA POND

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Up for bid is an woodblock etching by Hiroshi Yoshida titled Sarusawa Pond. The etching is matted and framed. It is framed and the print itself is approximately 11 X 16. It is signed by the artist. See pictures for more details. Biography Hiroshi Yoshida [ne: Hiroshi Ueda] was born in the city of Kurume, in Kyushu, on September 19, 1876. He showed an early aptitude for art fostered by his adoptive father, a teacher of painting in the public schools. At age 19 he was sent to Kyoto to study under Tamura Skoryu, a well known teacher of western style painting. He then studied under Koyama Shotaro, in Tokyo, for another three years.In 1899, Yoshida had his first American exhibition at Detroit Museum of Art (now Detroit Institute of Art). He then traveled to Boston , Washington D.C , Providence and Europe . In 1920, Yoshida presented his first woodcut at the Watanabe Print Workshop, organized by Watanabe Shozaburo (1885-1962), publisher and advocate of the shin hanga movement. However, Yoshida's collaboration with Watanabe was short partly due to the Great Kanto earthquake on September 1, 1923 .In 1925, he hired a group of professional carvers and printers, and established his own studio. Prints were made under the his close supervision. Yoshida combined the ukiyo-e collaborative system with the sosaku hanga principle of "artist's prints" read more

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