Shin Hanga prints
| 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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Artist’s signature (Tōshi Yoshida) and red seal in left bottom print area:
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‘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:
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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.
References
Provenance: Fuji Arts