Hiroshi Yoshida Woodblock Print "Carp and Tortoises"

Item Details

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A woodblock print by Japanese artist Hiroshi Yoshida (1876 – 1950), titled Carp and Tortoises. This print on paper depicts a group of people adorned in a traditional hanfu gathered before a sectioned body of water, with draped willow trees surrounding them, framing a pagoda structure to the deep distance. To the lower left corner of the composition is an in-plate calligraphic inscription and artist seal. Found to the lower margins is a handwritten signature and title. This print is presented under glass beneath matting in a gold tone wooden frame with hanging wire to the verso.

Condition

- image paper is discolored; stains and dirt throughout the image area; kinks and tears around the outside edges of the image paper; gold tone wood frame showing nicks and scratches around the frame.

Dimensions

- measures frame; visible image measures: 9.75" W x 13.75" H.

Item #

17BAL151-182