Yoshida, Hiroshi (1876 - 1950 )

Hiroshi Yoshida was born in 1876. He began his artistic training with his adoptive father in Kurume, Fukuoka prefecture. Around the age of twenty, he left Kurume to study with Soritsu Tamura in Kyoto, subsequently moving to Tokyo and the tutelage of Shotaro Koyama. Yoshida studied Western-style painting, winning many exhibition prizes and making several trips to the United States, Europe and North Africa selling his watercolors and oil paintings. In 1902, he played a leading role in the organization of the Meiji Fine Arts Society into the Pacific Painting Association. His work was featured in the exhibitions of the state-sponsored Bunten and Teiten. While highly successful as an oil painter and watercolor artist, Hiroshi Yoshida turned to woodblock printmaking upon learning of the Western world’s infatuation with ukiyo-e.

Following the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, Hiroshi Yoshida embarked on a tour of the United States and Europe, painting and selling his work. When he returned to Japan in 1925, he started his own workshop, specializing in landscapes inspired both by his native country and his travels abroad. Yoshida oversaw each step of the woodblock printing process—from design to publication. His career was temporarily interrupted by his sojourn as a war correspondent in Manchuria during the Pacific War. Although he designed his last woodblock print in 1946, Yoshida continued to paint with oils and watercolors up until his death in 1950.

Hiroshi Yoshida was widely traveled and knowledgeable of Western aesthetics, yet maintained an allegiance to traditional Japanese techniques and traditions. Attracted by the calmer moments of nature, his woodblock prints breathe coolness, invite meditation, and set a soft, peaceful mood. All of his lifetime prints are signed “Hiroshi Yoshida” in pencil and marked with a jizuri (self-printed) seal outside of the margin. Within the image, most prints are signed “Yoshida” with brush and ink beside a red “Hiroshi” seal. Ronin Gallery offers a unique selection of Hiroshi Yoshida prints for sale.

Shin Hanga | Pre-WWII Japanese Prints

By the beginning of the 20th century the social fabric of Japan was radically altered and ukiyo-e was falling fast into oblivion. Surprisingly, it was under the stimulus of the Western art world that the spirit of ukiyo-e was reborn through the Shin Hanga or “new print” movement. The discovery of the powerful impact of ukiyo-e print masters on the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists inspired a new generation of Japanese print artists who revived distinctly Japanese subject matter through modern eyes. International excitement for ukiyo-e paved the way for these artists to create woodblock prints with the same dignity, perfection and genius as the masters of the Edo period. As artists such as Goyo, Kotondo and Shinsui revived bijin-ga (pictures of beautiful women) and Hasui and Yoshida reinterpreted the landscape of Japan, Shin Hanga reasserted the principal genres of ukiyo-e with a renewed vigor. Browse our collection of Shin Hanga and other pre-war Japanese artworks today.

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Artist

  • Bakufu
  • Goyo
  • Hasui
  • Hoson
  • Ikeda, Zuigetsu
  • Inuzuka, Taisui
  • Kanpo
  • Keibun
  • Kiyoshi
  • Kiyotada IV
  • Kogyo
  • Koitsu
  • Koson
  • Kotondo
  • Kuzuhara, Teru
  • Morikane
  • Murakami, Sadao
  • Nakayama, Shuko
  • Nishimura, Hodo
  • Okada, Koichi
  • Okumura, Koichi
  • Rakusan (Rakuzan)
  • Shin'ei
  • Shinsui
  • Shiro
  • Shoson
  • Shoun
  • Shuho
  • Chigusa, Soun
  • Sozan
  • Tadamasa
  • Taniguchi, Kokyo
  • Tatsumi
  • Toyonari
  • Uehara, Konen
  • Baldridge, Cyrus LeRoy
  • Bartlett, Charles
  • Keith, Elizabeth
  • Foujita, Tsuguharu
  • Hyde, Helen
  • Ide, Gakusui
  • Ishiwata, Koitsu
  • Ito, Yuhan
  • Jacoulet, Paul
  • Kotozuka, Eiichi
  • Lum, Bertha
  • Miki, Suizan
  • Miller, Lilian
  • Oda, Kazuma
  • Okuyama, Gihachiro
  • Saito, Kiyoshi
  • Seiler, Willy
  • Ashikaga, Shizuo
  • Kawarazaki, Shodo
  • Shotei (aka Hiroaki)
  • Mori, Shuncho
  • Natori, Shunsen
  • Takane, Koko
  • Ito, Takashi
  • Takeshita, Kin-u
  • Tanigami, Konan
  • Tokuriki, Tomikichiro
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist
  • Yoshida, Hiroshi
  • Yoshida, Toshi

Series

  • 12 Scenes in the Japanese Alps
  • 12 Views of Tokyo
  • Eight Views of Cherry Blossoms
  • Europe
  • India and Southeast Asia
  • Inland Sea
  • Ten Views of Mt. Fuji
  • The Inland Sea
  • The United States
  • Twelve Scenes of Tokyo (Yoshida)
  • Twelve Scenes of the Japan Alps
  • United States

Subject

  • Animals & Fish
  • Architectural
  • Autumn
  • Beauties (bijin-ga)
  • Birds
  • Bridges
  • Children
  • Flowers & Gardens
  • Landscapes
  • Legends & History
  • Moon & Night
  • Mt. Fuji
  • Nature
  • Pastimes
  • Rain
  • Rituals & Beliefs
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Waterfalls and Rapids
  • Waterscapes
  • Winter

Period

  • 1912 - 1945 (Taisho & Early Showa)
  • 1945 - 1989 (Showa & Postwar Period)

Medium

  • Watercolor
  • Woodblock Print

Size

  • Small (ie. Chuban)
  • Medium (ie. Oban)
  • Large (ie. Triptych)
  • Extra Large

230 Products

Grand Canyon

Yoshida, Hiroshi

Grand Canyon

JP-207869

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Night in Kyoto

Yoshida, Hiroshi

Night in Kyoto

JPR-208125

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Island Palaces in Udaipur

Yoshida, Hiroshi

Island Palaces in Udaipur

JPR-208123

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Glittering Sea

Yoshida, Hiroshi

Glittering Sea

JP-208121

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Azalea Garden

Yoshida, Hiroshi

Azalea Garden

JP-208119

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Criptomeria Avenue

Yoshida, Hiroshi

Criptomeria Avenue

JPR-207787

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Glittering Sea

Yoshida, Hiroshi

Glittering Sea

JPR-207786

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Calm Wind

Yoshida, Hiroshi

Calm Wind

JPR-207785

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Willow and Stone Bridge

Yoshida, Hiroshi

Willow and Stone Bridge

JPR-207784

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Suzukawa

Yoshida, Hiroshi

Suzukawa

JPR-207782

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Kamogawa in Kyoto

Yoshida, Hiroshi

Kamogawa in Kyoto

JPR-112030

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Hokuryo

Yoshida, Hiroshi

Hokuryo

JPR1-58071

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In a Temple Yard

Yoshida, Hiroshi

In a Temple Yard

JP-200070

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Evening in Nara

Yoshida, Hiroshi

Evening in Nara

JPR-207867

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A Little Restaurant

Yoshida, Hiroshi

A Little Restaurant

JPR-207898

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Sarusawa Pond

Yoshida, Hiroshi

Sarusawa Pond

JPR-207938

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Fujiyama from Miho

Yoshida, Hiroshi

Fujiyama from Miho

JPR-207932

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Waiting for the Tide

Yoshida, Hiroshi

Waiting for the Tide

JPR-207931

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Suzukawa

Yoshida, Hiroshi

Suzukawa

JPR-207929

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Fujiyama from Miho

Yoshida, Hiroshi

Fujiyama from Miho

JPR-207928

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A Misty Day in Nikko

Yoshida, Hiroshi

A Misty Day in Nikko

JPR-207927

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At the Mirror

Yoshida, Hiroshi

At the Mirror

JP1-72262

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Kura in Tomonoura

Yoshida, Hiroshi

Kura in Tomonoura

JPR-88342

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Above the Clouds

Yoshida, Hiroshi

Above the Clouds

JPR-107296

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