Yoshida Hiroshi (吉田博) (artist 09/19/1876 – 04/05/1950)
Lantern Maker (Chochin-ya - 提灯屋)
1926
11 in x 16.5 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese color woodblock print
Signed in English in lower right: Hiroshi Yoshida
and signed 'Yoshida' within image on the left
Artist's seal: Hiroshi
Self-printed: ji-zuri (自摺)
Date: 1926 (大正拾五年作 - Taishō 15)
Honolulu Museum of Art
Edo-Tokyo Museum
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
Toledo Museum of Art
National Museum of Asian Art
Harvard Museums Illustrated in a small black and white reproduction in Modern Japanese Prints by Dorothy Blair from the Toledo Museum of Art in 1997, #296. The entry reads partially:
Signed: "Yoshida" with autograph and his seal. Margin: "Ji-zuri" (self-printed). Dated "Taisho Ju-go Nen Saku" "Chochin-Ya" (Lantern Maker). Edition, 90 impressions. Blocks cut by Maeda [Yūjirō].
modern prints (shin hanga - 新版画) (genre)
Taishō era (大正時代) (genre)