I really like to admire Yoshida Hiroshi's
woodblock prints because he tried to describe India's life and architectures
vividly by his works. In the meanwhile, it can be seen that the India lifestyle such as social class system clearly reveals in the past. Before I
am going to the Ashmolean museum, I can't wait for visiting this exhibition.
In 1930, Japanese printmaker Yoshida
Hiroshi (1876–1950) spent several months travelling in India and Southeast
Asia.After his return to Japan he produced a
series of woodblock prints inspired by his travels. This is a display of prints
from the collection of Avijit and Chobi Lahiri.
Image: Yoshida Hiroshi (1876 – 1950), Elephant, 1931. © Lahiri Collection
In my opinion, his works are similar to India history, which completely show India people were engaged in their social activities in the past. In addition, I think he experienced lots of things in India and demonstrate his view by his work widely. It is real to show us how India looks like.
Artist's introduction
Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博 , September 19, 1876 – April 5,
1950) was a 20th-century Japanese painter and woodblock printmaker. He is
regarded as one of the greatest artists of the shin-hanga style, and is noted
especially for his excellent landscape prints. Yoshida travelled widely, and
was particularly known for his images of non-Japanese subjects done in
traditional Japanese woodblock style, including the Taj Mahal, the Swiss Alps,
the Grand Canyon, and other National Parks in the USA.
I like his work, too. I have some his postcards. I think his work has a subtle charm as a result they attract the interest of the audience. Moreover, he was influenced by Hokusai Katsushika who is the most famous woodblock printmaker in Japan's Edo era. I'm glad you are interested in Japanese artist. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, I learnt some Japanese culture when I was a university student before, so it acctually influences me a lot :)
Deletecool! I like the style of his work very much ! Although he is a Japanese,he totally recorded the life of India.He showed a beautiful scene to us about India.
ReplyDeleteI think may be he use two lifestyle to creative . I mean you can see the different culture in it.