Hiroshi Yoshida

1876-1950

Eight Scenes of Cherry Blossoms: Spring Rain at Yozakura
(Sakura hachi dai: Shunsame)

signed in sumi ink, Yoshida, with red artist's seal Hiroshi, with jizuri ('self printed') seal at upper left margin, followed by the date, Showa junen saku (made in Showa 10 [1935]), with the series title below, Sakura haddai, followed by the Japanese print title, Shunsame (Spring Rain), the English title printed on the bottom margin, Spring Rain at Yozakura, and signed in penciled script, Hiroshi Yoshida, ca. 1935

dai oban tate-e 16 by 10 3/4 in., 40.5 by 27.3 cm

Reference:
Ogura, Yoshida Hiroshi zenhangashu (The Complete Woodblock Prints of Hiroshi Yoshida), 1987, p. 140, no. 193

(inv. no. 10-4501)

price: $1,800