Catalog record · 目録番号 90730

Toshogu Shrine

Catalog note / 解説

Early edition with the all-important jizuri (self printed) seal in left margin, followed by the date, and title. Signed in sumi ink, Yoshida, with artist's seal Hiroshi, in the image area. Vivid, pristine colours. See a discussion of the jizuri seal here. This design is illustrated at plate 233 of Ogura, Tadao et. Al., The Complete Woodblock Prints of Yoshida Hiroshi, Abe Publishing Co., Ltd., (Tokyo, 1987). T?sh?-g? is any Shinto shrine in which Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the last shogunate of Japan, is enshrined with the name T?sh? Daigongen. T?sh?-g? shrines are found throughout Japan. The most famous T?sh?-g? is located in Nikk? in Tochigi Prefecture and is the one shown here by Yo…

Image record / 画像情報

OHMI · 1937 (posthumous printing) · ohmi

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