Lamplight breaking into long reflections on dark water

Evening on the Chikugo River, printed almost entirely in deep blue-green. A white-walled building stands at the left bank with warm yellow light in its windows, and that light runs down into the water in a long broken reflection. A dark tree spreads its branches across the top of the sheet, and a low bridge crosses the middle distance carrying small points of light. Two boats lie on the near water. The warm lamplight against the cool dark is the whole effect.

Hiroshi Yoshida (1876–1950) came to woodblock printing from Western-style oil and watercolour painting, and the meeting of the two defines his work. He travelled widely before turning to prints — the Alps, the Rockies, India, Egypt and China all enter his subjects — and in 1925 set up his own studio, supervising the carving and printing himself instead of working through a publisher. That control let him print one set of blocks in several colour states, so the same view could be given morning, evening or mist. His prints are held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British Museum and the Art Institute of Chicago.

Printed as a museum-grade giclée on Hahnemühle fine art paper using 12-ink archival pigment printing. Available handframed in FSC-certified wood with optional float glass, or unframed. Ships worldwide with free delivery to 30+ countries.