HIROSHI YOSHIDA: FUJIYAMA FROM OKITSU By Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950), signed Yoshida with seal Hiroshi Japan, dated 1928 Color woodblock print on paper. Horizontal oban. Signed Yoshida with seal Hiroshi, further signed in pencil in Roman script to the outer-lower margin Hiroshi Yoshida. Title Okitsu (Fuji from Okitsu), from the series Fuji jukkei (Ten Views of Mount Fuji). A view of Mount Fuji and its reflection on the clear water as seen from Okitsu beach. SIZE of the sheet 27 x 40 cm Condition: Excellent condition. Very good impression with fresh colors, minor wear. Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950) began his artistic training with his adoptive father in Kurume, Fukuoka prefecture. Around the age of twenty, he left Kurume to study with Soritsu Tamura in Kyoto, subsequently moving to Tokyo and the tutelage of Shotaro Koyama. Yoshida studied Western-style painting, winning many exhibition prizes, and making several trips to the United States, Europe and North Africa selling his watercolors and oil paintings. While highly successful as an oil painter and watercolor artist, Hiroshi Yoshida turned to woodblock printmaking upon learning of the Western world’s infatuation with ukiyo-e. While widely traveled and knowledgeable of Western aesthetics, he maintained an allegiance to traditional Japanese techniques and traditions. Museum comparison: A closely related print is in the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, object number 1994.013.018.