Artist: Yoshida Hiroshi
Title: Himeji Castle
Date: 1928
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Himeji Castle by Hiroshi Yoshida. Original woodblock print and book circa 1928 (Showa 3). Extra fine condition, color and impression. Brush signed in lower left of image above red Yoshida seal. Date and title in left margin. (Jizuri seal not applied to any of this version of Himeji Castle. See illustration #252 in "The Complete Woodblock Prints of Yoshida Hiroshi".) Strong ink bleed through. Nice baren rubbings. 15.2 x 10.2 inches. Tipped inside of the book "Enthronement of the One Hundred Twenty-Fourth Emperor of Japan, The Japan Advertiser". 1928. Wonderful book about the role of the Emperor in Japan. Published to honor Hirohito's enthronement. 180 pages. Many interesting illustrations. Dyed cover design is also by Hiroshi Yoshida. Book size is 17.0 x 12.5 inches. Book is in fine condition. DJ is tattered. Japan Advertiser. Folio, 17 x 12.5 inches, 180p., Japanese style binding, purple silk covers, ribbon tied,with an elaborate phoenix design, glossary, many b.w. photos.RARE With 38 essays by noted scholars. Including an original col- or woodblock print by Hiroshi Yoshida. With essays: CEREMON- IES OF ACCESSION by Zoe Kincaid. LIFE OF THE EMPEROR by Cou- nt Yoshinori Futara. LIFE OF THE EMPEROR by Masano Futara, HISTORY OF THE ENTHRONMENT by Masano Sekine. HEART OF THE ENTHRONMENT by Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto. IMPERIAL PALACE IN TOKYO by Frank H. Hedges. REGALIA OF THE JAPANESE THRONE by Hanso Tarao. COURT FESTIVALS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BY Teruoki Hoshino. GRAND SHRINE AT ISE. HARVEST RITES by D.C. Holtom, CHRYSANTHEMUM IN FLOWER BY F.H Burnett. PHOENIS AND THE ENT- HRONMENT by T. Suzuki. RESCRIPTS OF THE EMPEROR. COURT MUSI- CANS BY Tadatomo Ohno. IMPRESSIONS OF COURT MUSIC by Henry Eichheim. BUGAKU BY D. DEAN. CEREMONIAL COURT COSTUMES by S. Yatsuka. WOMEN'S COURT COSTUMES by H. Morgan. TREASURES OF THE SHOSOIN by J. Harada. KYOTO, IMPERIAL CITY. EARLY FORE- IGN CONTACT, plus several others. Excellent source. R A R E
