Yoshida By Monika Hinkel 9781913645694 (Paperback)

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Prints & printmaking

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Wordery

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Dulwich

Yoshida : Dulwich : 9781913645694 : 191364569X : 21 Jan 2025 : Explores the rich history of Japanese printmaking passed down through the Yoshida family. This catalogue, the first of its kind in the UK, accompanying the 2024 exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery, explores the important contribution to Japanese woodblock printing of the Yoshida family, from patriarch Hiroshi down to the current generation, led by Yoshida Ayomi. The story of the Yoshida family has been woven into the story of Japanese printmaking across two centuries, with each generation infusing this traditional art form with their sensitivity and imagination. Trained as a painter and watercolourist, Yoshida Hiroshi (1876?1950) was a pioneer of the shin hanga artistic movement, which revived the traditional ukiyo-e prints ('pictures of the floating world') focusing on beautiful landscapes and landmarks and combined them with Western influences. His incredible corpus of woodblock prints, inspired by his travels across

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