Day and night at the Parthenon. Yoshida Hiroshi, 1925.
I’ve featured this artist on my personal ‘artist of the week’ segment before! For anyone curious, these are actually woodblock prints, not canvas paintings! Hitoshi is well-known for incorporating western art techniques and sensibilities into his prints, which is why these almost feel like 19th century oil paintings rather than traditional Japanese prints.
Something to note is that both of these prints were made with the same wood blocks and inked separately, which is a process known as ‘betsu-zuri’. You can read more about that process here. Hitoshi used this technique a lot; his ‘Sailing Boats’ print set is my favorite example.
Anyway. Woodblock printing is a very cool process that I highly recommend you check out! The site I linked above has some great explanations if you’re interested.
