Artist: Yoshida Hiroshi
Title: Sailing Boats
Date: 1921
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Friday, 18 September 2009 Lot #: 03 Artist: Yoshida, Hiroshi, 1876-1950 Title: Sailing Boats Date: 1921 Medium: woodblock Dimensions: 17 7/8 x 13 1/8 inches Condition: Margins trimmed to just outside of plate line Comments: Exceedingly rare pre-earthquake design published by Watanabe Color Print Co.; brush signature at lower right; unique color variant; first pre-earthquake sailboat design of any kind offered for sale since 1938 (sold to Robert O. Muller); a masterwork and arguably the most important H. Yoshida print ever offered Published: The Complete Woodblock Prints of Yoshida Hiroshi, Abe Publishing 1996; pg. 36; Tokyo in Transition: The Changing City as Depicted in Modern Woodblock Prints, Edo Tokyo Museum 1996, pg. 40.