Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 90674

Ghat in Benares

Artist / 作者
Yoshida Hiroshi吉田博
Date / 年代
1931
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / mfa
Digital record / 画像記録
2000 × 1379 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Published by / 公開者
黒川トウマ
Rights / 権利
Commercial license required
Attribution / 表記
Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Catalog note / 解説

Hiroshi Yoshida Original Jizuri Woodblock - 1931 Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950) India and South East Asia Series. In 1930 Hiroshi Yoshida undertook a trip to Asia with the specific intention of sketching the Taj Mahal. By its end, the trip had yielded a veritable treasure trove of 32 woodblock subjects, of which this print is one. This print is dated Showa 6 (1931) in the left-hand margin, and is titled and signed by the artist in pencil in English in the bottom margin. The print is additionally signed in Japanese in black sumi ink, and bears the red "Yoshida" seal in the bottom right-hand corner. It is titled "Ghat in Benares" or Varanasi as it is known in India. The print is numbered 153 in…

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