1926 (Taisho 15)／Color woodblock print on paper
25.1 x 37.2 cm
SUMMARY
The print series that exemplifies Yoshida Hiroshi is Fuji Jukkei (“Ten Views of Mt. Fuji”), consisting of three pieces produced in 1926 and seven from 1928. This is one of the earlier three. The others produced in 1926 are Kawaguchi-ko and Asahi (“Sunrise”), and those from 1928 Funatsu, Goraiko (“Early Morning”), Umagaeshi, Sancho Kengamine (“The Kengamine Summit”), Aki (“Autumn”), Okitsu, and Musashino. In Fuji Jukkei, the mountain’s constant changes through the seasons are depicted by Yoshida in rich color, with western-style realistic visual expression and the refined jizuri (“self-printed”) technique that he had developed himself. In this piece the snow-covered Mount Fuji fills the surface with an overwhelming presence. In 1926, he not only produced the first three paintings of Fuji Jukkei, but also all twelve pieces in the series Twelve Views of the Japan Alps, eight from the series Seto Naikai Shu (“Seto Inland Sea”) and five from Tokyo Juni Dai (“Twelve Scenes of Tokyo”) as well as others, totaling 41 pieces. In all his years of wood block printing, this was the most productive.
ARTIST
Yoshida Hiroshi
1876-1950
Born in Fukuoka. Yoshida Hiroshi first studied under Tamura Soritsu in Kyoto, and later went to Tokyo to join the Fudo-sha group of Koyama Shotaro. He went on to become a member of the Meiji Art Society. In 1902 he set up the Taihei Yoga Kai. He received the first prize at the inaugural Bun-ten, and that work was purchased by the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture. From then on he continued submitting to public exhibitions, and eventually went on to judge them. In 1920 he published his first woodblock print. He traveled Japan and regions of Europe and Asia to sketch, and many of these sketches were used for his print work. In his later years he founded the Japan Mountain Painting Association. He frequently painted mountainous landscapes from inside and outside of Japan.
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