Lot 458 Yoshida Hiroshi (1876-1950) | Sailboats: Mist (Hansen, kiri) | Taisho period, early 20th century

Asian Art / 5000 Years
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拍卖时间2026年06月12日
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拍品名称
Yoshida Hiroshi (1876-1950) | Sailboats: Mist (Hansen, kiri) | Taisho period, early 20th century
起拍价
EUR 2,000
估值区间
2,000 - 3,000 EUR
尺寸
未知
品相
Good impression and colour, minor toning, the top margin with two pinholes, some very light creasing.

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woodblock print, from the series Inland Sea (Seto Naikai shu), signed in ink in Japanese Yoshida, and in pencil in Roman script Hiroshi Yoshida, sealed Hiroshi, with artist's jizuri (self-printed) seal, titled in the lower left margin as above, dated Taisho jugonen saku (made in 1926)
Vertical dai oban: 55.7 x 40.5 cm, 21⅞ by 16 in.
图录
说明:This design exists in six variants, each denoting a different time of day or atmospheric condition: Sailboats: Morning, Sailboats: Forenoon, Sailboats: Afternoon, Sailboats: Mist, Sailboats: Evening, and Sailboats: Night. Yoshida had previously treated the subject of boats at sail in the Seto Inland Sea (Seto naikai) in three earlier prints published by Watanabe Shōzaburō (1885–1962); the blocks for these, however, were lost in the fires that swept Tokyo following the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1 September 1923.¹
Returning to the subject, Yoshida worked on a larger print size and explored the expressive possibilities of variant printings – an approach that attracted considerable critical praise at the time.² In Sailboats: Fog, the silhouettes of distant vessels recede softly into a hazy, diffused light. The technical precision with which Yoshida renders the effects of changing light across different times of day and shifting weather conditions accounts in large part for the series’ sucess. The enduring sentiment of passage and repose, which embody the themes of journeying and travel so intrinsic to Yoshida’s work, most certainly added to its appeal.
For further reference on the different variants of this design, see Carolyn M. Putney et al., Fresh Impressions: Early Modern Japanese Prints (Ohio, 2013) 266-d – 266-I, cat nos. 257-262.
Another impression is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 35.1948, go to:
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/247873/sailboats-fog-hansen-kiri-from-the-series-inland-sea-s?ctx=09e9ef53-3693-46b7-8d89-c385f821a002&idx=0
1. Ogura Tadao et al., The Complete Woodblock Prints of Yoshida Hiroshi, (Tokyo, 1987) ps. 56-60, nos. 40-45.

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拍品的品相状况如何?
Good impression and colour, minor toning, the top margin with two pinholes, some very light creasing.

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