Hiroshi Yoshida, Park in Canton (廣東公園 / Kōtō Kōen)
Artist: Hiroshi Yoshida (1876–1950, Kurume, Fukuoka) — a leading figure of the shin-hanga (new print) movement, celebrated for his landscape prints and paintings that fuse Western realism with traditional Japanese woodblock techniques
Year: 1941
Medium: Woodcut with colored inks, jizuri (self-printed) seal
Dimensions: Approx. 20.5 × 27.0 cm
Signed: In sumi ink "Yoshida" with artist's seal "Hiroshi" and jizuri seal; pencil signature "Hiroshi Yoshida" in the margin
Subject: A park scene in Canton (Guangzhou), China — one of many works born from Yoshida's extensive travels across the globe, including the United States, Europe, India, Southeast Asia, and China
Characteristics: The print demonstrates Yoshida's mastery of subtle color gradation and atmospheric light, achieved through meticulous multi-block printing. His ability to capture the air and mood of a foreign landscape through traditional Japanese woodblock techniques remains distinctive among shin-hanga artists
Catalogue reference: No. 243 in The Complete Woodblock Prints of Yoshida Hiroshi (Ogura, Abe Shuppan, Tokyo, 1987)
