YOSHIDA HIROSHI (1876-1950)

YOSHIDA HIROSHI (1876-1950)

SHOWA ERA, 1933-1935

Three Japanese woodblock prints, the first entitled Sarusawa ike (Saruwasa Pond) and dated 1933; the second Sankeien (Three Creeks Garden) from the series 'Eight Scenes of Cherry Blossoms' and dated 1935; the third (Evening in Nara) from the series 'Kansai District' and dated 1933; all three signed Hiroshi Yoshida in pencil underneath, Yoshida in sumi ink and the red seal for Hiroshi bottom right, with jizuri seal in the left margins; all oban tate-e, all approx. 39cm x 27cm each. (3)

Provenance: the collection of Vice-Admiral Reginald Vesey Holt, CB, DSO, MVO, (1884-1957), and thence by descent.