Shin Hanga prints
| Design: | Tōshi Yoshida (1911-1995) | |||||
| Title: | Ship Rock | |||||
| Size: | 22.9 x 59.7 cm | |||||
| Original woodblock print | ||||||
| Photography: | Jacques Commandeur |
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Purple block-printed title in romaji (Ship Rock) and katakana in bottom margin:
| Character | Reading | Translation |
| シ | ||
| ッ | ||
| プ | shippu | |
| ロ | ||
| ッ | ||
| ク | rokku | Ship Rock |
Followed by edition number 88/1200, artist’s name Tōshi Yoshida, and publication year 1984 in black pencil.
This webpage and print I dedicate to Rien van der Leeden who passed away in July 2012. Rien was the one who put me on the trail of Tony Hillerman’s great mystery novels (featuring Navajo tribal police officers Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee) in which southwestern USA landmarks like Shiprock play such a predominant role ...
References
- The Hanga Online website
Provenance: The Floating World Gallery