Himeji Castle, Evening
Hiroshi Yoshida Catalogue

Himeji Castle, Evening woodblock print
Artist
Hiroshi Yoshida 吉田博
English title
Himeji Castle, Evening
Japanese title
姫路城 夕
Series
Date
Medium
Colour woodblock print on paper
Paper dimensions (h × w)
40.2 × 26.5 cm
Image dimensions (h × w)
37.1 × 24.8 cm
Edition size
Open
Artist's approval seal (jizuri 自摺)
Yes
Posthumously printed1
Yes
Carver
Maeda Yūjirō
Printer
Subjects
Castles
Remarks
60 impressions as at June 1929
Recut in 1928 for inclusion in a book on Japanese enthronement ceremonies. The recut was about 5% smaller, had an edtion size of 2000, and had no jizuri seal or pencil signature.
References
Reference number
HY125
Supplementary images

1 Original restrikes and recarved reproductions share the same identifiers (stamped signatures, toku seals, or atozuri 後摺 seals) and are quite difficult to differentiate.