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Shin Hanga prints

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	Design:	Tōshi Yoshida (1911-1995)
	Title:	Yodo River
	Size:	16.9 x 24.6 cm (chūban)
	Posthumous printing from the original woodblocks
	Photography:	Jacques Commandeur

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Enlargement

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Artist’s signature (Tōshi Yoshida) and red seal in left bottom print area:

‘Self-carved’ seal, original publishing date, and print title in left margin:

Character	Reading	Meaning	Translation
自	ji	self
刻	koku	carve	Self-carved
昭	shō	clear
和	wa	peace
拾	jū	ten	Made in the
七	shichi	seven	17th year of
年	nen	year	the Shōwa era
作	saku	make	(i.e., 1942)
淀	yodo	pool
川	kawa	river	Yodo river

Block signed print title (Yodo River) and artist’s name (Toshi Yoshida) in bottom margin.

Name of printer on verso of the print:

in which the kanji read:

Character	Reading	Meaning	Translation
摺	suri	printer	Printer:
沼	numa	marsh
辺	-be	vicinity
伸	shin	grow
吉	kichi	good luck	Numabe Shinkichi

For more information on Shinkichi Numabe see David Bull’s website here.

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References

• The Hanga Online website

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Provenance: Fuji Arts