Catalog record · 目録番号 90745

Himeji Castle (Himeji-jô)

Artist / 作者: Yoshida Hiroshi吉田博
Date / 年代: 1928
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / mfa
Digital image / 画像: 992 × 1500 px
Published by / 公開者: 朱雀ハル

Catalog note / 解説

Himeji Castle by Hiroshi Yoshida. Original woodblock print and book circa 1928 (Showa 3). Extra fine condition, color and impression. Brush signed in lower left of image above red Yoshida seal. Date and title in left margin. (Jizuri seal not applied to any of this version of Himeji Castle. See illustration #252 in "The Complete Woodblock Prints of Yoshida Hiroshi".) Strong ink bleed through. Nice baren rubbings. 15.2 x 10.2 inches. Tipped inside of the book "Enthronement of the One Hundred Twenty-Fourth Emperor of Japan, The Japan Advertiser". 1928. Wonderful book about the role of the Emperor in Japan. Published to honor Hirohito's enthronement. 180 pages. Many interesting illustrations. D…

Image record / 画像情報

MFA · 1926. · mfa

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