Misty Day in Nikko
Hiroshi Yoshida Catalogue
- Artist
- Hiroshi Yoshida 吉田博
- English title
- Misty Day in Nikko
- Japanese title
- 日光霧之日
- Series
- Date
- Medium
- Colour woodblock print on paper
- Paper dimensions (h × w)
- 40.8 × 26.9 cm
- Image dimensions (h × w)
- 37.8 × 24.8 cm
- Edition size
- Open
- Artist's approval seal (jizuri 自摺)
- Yes
- Posthumously printed1
- Yes
- Carver
- Printer
- Subjects
- Forests
- Shrines and Temples
- Remarks
- Takinoo Shrine
- Yoshida noted of this design that he used over-lapping color techniques and zokin-zuri for the stone-work. 14 separate blocks were utilised in all, with each print subject to 74 impressions with an extra 20 for the trees. In addition 5 impressions using baren suji were given to each print.
- Last printed in 1985.
- Reproduced by Mokuhankan December 2023 at A4 dimensions, carver Taren Casey and printer Ayumi Ohasui.
- Yoshida noted of this design that he used over-lapping color techniques and zokin-zuri for the stone-work. 14 separate blocks were utilised in all, with each print subject to 74 impressions with an extra 20 for the trees. In addition 5 impressions using baren suji were given to each print.
- References
- Reference number
- HY310
- Supplementary images
1 Original restrikes and recarved reproductions share the same identifiers (stamped signatures, toku 特 seals, or atozuri 後摺 seals) and are difficult to distinguish.