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      From a wide world of outstanding artists with an extensive range of techniques and subject matter, it is difficult to select one to set the tone for book. We felt, however, that Yoshida Hiroshi would be eminently suitable.

      Yoshida is a pivotal figure between the eras of ukiyo-e (Japan's antique woodblock prints) and Modern creative prints, having had a foot in both worlds. Like the older generation of ukiyo-e artists, he chose to emphasize the medium of the woodblock and follow the convention of having an artisan carver and printer to effect his designs. Also like the earlier artists, he often used landscapes as subject matter. From the creative-print artists at the beginning of the twentieth century he borrowed an interest in the Western art aesthetic, to the extent that he traveled to Europe, Africa, and America twice, where he was influential in arranging exhibitions of works of the shin-hanga (new print) movement, of which he was so much a part. This book begins from around the time of his death.

      In addition, it is said that no matter what theme or motif a Japanese artist pursues, at some time in his career he inevitably presents his view of Mount Fuji, which has long served as an inspiration for Japanese artists. Mount Fuji is the ultimate symbol of Japan and seems to us to serve well as the proper starting point for a venture into the realm of the Japanese print.

      With a Foreword by James Michener

      CHARLES E. TUTTLE COMPANY

      Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan

      Published by the Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc.

      of Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan

      with editorial offices at

      Osaki Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0032

      © 1994 by Charles E. Tuttle Publishing Co., Inc.

      All rights reserved

      LCC Card No. 94-60823

       ISBN: 978-1-4629-0374-0 (ebook)

      First printing, 1994

      Printed in Singapore

      Contents

11	List of Plates
13	Acknowledgments
15	Foreword by James Michener
19	Preface
23	Introduction
	Historical Background 23
	General Terms 26
	Printing Techniques 31
37	Then
105	Between Then and Now
115	Now
221	The Artists
248	Suggested Readings

      Note: Factual information about each print is found in the caption accompanying the plate. That information includes the author's name and dates; the title or titles of the print; a translation of the Japanese title in parentheses; the edition number; the year; the medium; the image size in centimeters; and particulars concerning the signature and seal.

      List of Plates

      1  (Frontispiece). Yamanaka Mura (Yamanaka Village) or Fuji-san from Yamanaka by Yoshida Hiroshi

      2 Maiko, Kyoto (S) by Saito Kiyoshi page 41

      3 Keio Ka Hya-en (Keio Flower Garden) by Sekino Jun'ichiro 42

      4  Untitled work by Sasajima Kihei 45

      5 Uchi Kongō Hyokunji (Inner Precinct of Hyokun Temple) by Hiratsuka Un'ichi 47

      6 Taka-ishigaki to Tenshu (Osaka-jō) (High Stone Wall and Castle Stronghold [Osaka Castle]) by Hashimoto Okiie 48

      7 Shutsu-do (From the Earth) by Mabuchi Torn 49

      8 Kuruma-hiki San Kyōdai (Rickshaw Pullers, Three Brothers) by Mori Yoshitoshi 52

      9 Sharaku and I by Fukazawa Shiro 53

      10 Jū or The Ten by Ouchi Makoto 54

      11 Long Tail Cat by Inagaki Tomoo 57

      12 Kiri (Mist) by Hoshi Joichi 58

      13 Fūsha

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