Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 90872

Rapids

Artist / 作者
Yoshida Hiroshi吉田博
Date / 年代
1928
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / jaodb
Digital record / 画像記録
1200 × 831 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Japanese Art Open Database
Published by / 公開者
星野アカリ
Rights / 権利
No reusable image license documented
Attribution / 表記
Japanese Art Open Database

Catalog note / 解説

Rapids, a beautiful Japanese woodblock print by Hiroshi Yoshida from 1928! This is an extremely large and rare woodblock print by one of the masters of shin hanga. It depicts a close-up view of a mountain stream (the Tone River). According to the 1930 Toledo Museum of Art catalog, Rapids was printed in an edition of only 50 prints. This is also stated in Ben Bruce Blakeney's 1950 book "Yoshida Hiroshi: Print-Maker", which says that Yoshida's largest prints were made in "editions of only forty-five or fifty prints". Rapids is Yoshida's second largest print, after Sea of Clouds. Blakeney also mentions that Rapids was Yoshida's personal favorite. This original print is in fair to good conditio…

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