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Yoshida Hiroshi (1876 – 1950) was a painter of western style oil paintings. His artistic talent was spotted by Yoshida Kasaburou, then he was taught by Koyama Shoutarou after he moved to Tokyo.
He is known as one of the most prominent modern style woodblock print artists together with Kawase Hasui and Itou Shinsui and he created many landscape prints with delicate shading and western perspectives.
Kinkaku-ji Temple known as the Golden Pavilion is Japan’s National Treasure and UNESCO’s Cultural Heritage registered in 1994. Many people visit the temple every year.
Current temple building is re-constructed after it was burnt down by an arsonist in 1950. This print is a very precious historical archive that tells how the original Golden Pavilion looked like.
Although the walls of the actual Golden Pavilion is entirely gilded, Yoshida used gradation of smoky brown color and partially used yellow on the water in a very effective way to depict the reflection of the Golden Pavilion on the water surface and the soft reflected sun lights on the walls thus creating his own delicate and peaceful world of lights. Beautifully depicted trees with different shades of green overlapping each other and sensitively depicted water surface look outstanding.
Slight Stains on the back Good Impression and Colors
Artist’s signature (right below), the title “Kinkaku”(left below), the creation date of Sho-wa 8 or 1933 (mid left) and Jisuri-in (mid left / a seal to certify that the artist processed printing) are placed on the margin.
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