Portrait of a Boy Artist: Yoshida Hiroshi (Japanese, 1876–1950)

1927

Asian Art

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Shin hanga; polychrome woodblock print

Dimensions

sheet: 21 7/16 × 15 1/4 in. (54.5 × 38.8 cm)
image: 20 × 14 in. (50.8 × 35.6 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Libertson

Accession Number

2011.236.1

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

Showa era (1926–89)

Classification

Prints

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Provenance
Herbert Libertson and Roni Neuer (Ronin Gallery), New York; gift in 2011 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

color woodcuts, portraits

Marks

The date "Showa 2" with title "Kodomo" (Child) in Japanese written vertically on the right margin. English title "Portrait of a Boy" written at low left margin.

Signed

Hiroshi Yoshida (English in pencil) at low right; Jizuri (meaning "printed by artist himself" seal (on right margin).

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